Current Events #3 - Facebook Addictions?

I found this article in the Globe and Mail. The article itself is nothing special, it discusses a study conducted by the University of Chicago Booth School of Business about the addictive nature of social networking and how hard it can be to resist.

I found the comments people posted responding to it quite interesting. Many of them are quite negative towards Facebook, saying it doesn't provide us with anything or that their privacy policies are wrong.

What are your thoughts on social networks? Are Twitter and Facebook running our lives? Are you unable to ignore the urge?

References:

Anderssen, E. (2012). "Is Facebook as addictive as cigarettes?" The Globe and
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