{"id":6293,"date":"2016-03-22T12:42:13","date_gmt":"2016-03-22T07:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/?p=6293"},"modified":"2016-03-23T11:54:50","modified_gmt":"2016-03-23T06:24:50","slug":"9-signs-that-shows-you-are-addicted-to-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/9-signs-that-shows-you-are-addicted-to-facebook.html","title":{"rendered":"9 Signs That Show You Are Addicted to Facebook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Firstly, I am sure you found this post on Facebook when you were scrolling pointlessly. Next, you are reading this because deep down you want to reassure yourself that you are not addicted to Facebook unlike what your parents or partners say. Third you are smiling because you know the first two facts are true.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/yourdost-blog-images.s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/21193453\/facbook-addiction.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6295\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6295 \" src=\"http:\/\/yourdost-blog-images.s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/21193453\/facbook-addiction-1024x717.jpg\" alt=\"facbook-addiction\" width=\"613\" height=\"429\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are the top 9 signs that will prove that you are addicted to facebook.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; color: black;\">Your most recently closed tab and frequently used has always been Facebook<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6312\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6312\" style=\"width: 552px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/yourdost-blog-images.s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/22114822\/facebook-forgot-to-logout.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6312\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6312 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/yourdost-blog-images.s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/22114822\/facebook-forgot-to-logout.jpg\" alt=\"facebook-forgot-to-logout\" width=\"552\" height=\"367\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 552px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 552\/367;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6312\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: imgflip.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; color: black;\">Every fact that you know and use is based on what you read on Facebook<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6311\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6311\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/yourdost-blog-images.s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/22114332\/facebook-know-it-all.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6311\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6311 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/yourdost-blog-images.s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/22114332\/facebook-know-it-all-360x270.jpg\" alt=\"facebook-know-it-all\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 360px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 360\/270;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6311\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: imgflip.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; color: black;\">You clean up your &#8220;wall&#8221; more often than your room to just convince people and yourself, that you don\u2019t spend much time on Facebook<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6309\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6309\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/yourdost-blog-images.s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/22113937\/facebook-and-clean-up.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6309\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6309 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/yourdost-blog-images.s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/22113937\/facebook-and-clean-up-360x272.png\" alt=\"facebook-and-clean-up\" width=\"360\" height=\"272\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 360px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 360\/272;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6309\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">guruinabottle.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Test for yourself how addicted to the Internet you are. <a href=\"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/#habitometer?fromPage=selfhelp?utm_source=InternalLinking&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_content=test&amp;utm_campaign=selftest\" target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"click-here-link\">click here<\/a><\/a> to take a simple online test for free.<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; color: black;\">Your first step while you think of approaching a person you would like to talk to is to send a friend request.<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6308\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6308\" style=\"width: 488px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/yourdost-blog-images.s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/22113137\/facebook-send-me-a-friend-request.jpe\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6308\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6308\" src=\"http:\/\/yourdost-blog-images.s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/22113137\/facebook-send-me-a-friend-request.jpe\" alt=\"facebook-send-me-a-friend-request\" width=\"488\" height=\"273\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6308\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: fireflydaily.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; color: black;\">You have 700-800 friends and have no idea how many out of these you really know:<\/h3>\n<p>In fact, you might share one mutual friend with some of these people and none with many of them.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/XZ39zg4naZ1O8\/giphy.gif\" alt=\"facebook-addiction-stranger-friends\" width=\"500\" height=\"204\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 500px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 500\/204;\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: giphy.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; color: black;\">You cannot stop sharing every step of your day as your status:<\/h3>\n<p>For you, every like on these statuses and selfies matter the most. So you keep a constant check on each and every like you get.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6305\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6305\" style=\"width: 302px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/yourdost-blog-images.s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/22112012\/facebook-addiction-stupid-stauses.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6305\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6305 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/yourdost-blog-images.s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/22112012\/facebook-addiction-stupid-stauses-302x300.jpg\" alt=\"facebook-addiction-stupid-stauses\" width=\"302\" height=\"300\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 302px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 302\/300;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6305\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: imgflip.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; color: black;\">You try to gain attention by changing your relationship status, posting a depressed status about your life etc.<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6304\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6304\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/yourdost-blog-images.s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/22111636\/facebook-addiction-attention-seekers.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6304\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6304 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/yourdost-blog-images.s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/22111636\/facebook-addiction-attention-seekers-360x213.jpg\" alt=\"facebook-addiction-attention-seekers\" width=\"360\" height=\"213\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 360px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 360\/213;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6304\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: nevertrustajellyfish.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; color: black;\">You keep checking your account too many times a day even when you have no notifications or activity happening:<\/h3>\n<p>To scroll aimlessly\u00a0becomes your favorite pastime.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"http:\/\/38.media.tumblr.com\/e4db19dcc59e2dbffd2334c837d768ce\/tumblr_nfb5rwLXhn1qj4315o1_500.gif\" alt=\"facebook-addiction-scrolling-pastime\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 500px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 500\/375;\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: tumblr.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Too much of anything is bad. So realize it\u2019s a simple social platform to spend some time but not worth giving up your actual social life for.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; color: black;\"><em>Find a hobby you would like to spend time on. Because that is what I did when I realized I was addicted to Facebook just like so many others!<\/em><\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Firstly, I am sure you found this post on Facebook when you were scrolling pointlessly. Next, you are reading this because deep down you want to reassure yourself that you are not addicted to Facebook unlike what your parents or partners say. Third you are smiling because you know the first two facts are true. 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