Archive for February 19th, 2009

Social networking can damage community

February 19, 2009

You might not imagine that it would take a lot of research to establish that people whose only friendships are made through social networking sites are likely to suffer from a lack of real face to face friendships, but you may be surprised to learn that a serious researcher has decided that too much time spent on the likes of Facebook might lead to mental illness, dementia, and a whole lot more.  He doesn’t mention blogs, though, so we’re OK for now.  Of course, that’s no guarantee that we aren’t mad, bad, or demented already :-(

We found the full story here, but it’s showing up in a lot of other places.  Unfortunately you need to be a subscriber to see the complete article in its original context.