If you answered that question in 1
40 characters or less, or felt the urge to ‘like’ it, then yes, you probably do. Here are the ten most common symptoms of social media addiction, as per this cool infographic by column five.
1. Tweet Speak: You find talking at any length greater than 140 characters to be both vexing and boring. You often refer to real people by their twitter handles, e.g ‘@Kathy spent the weekend updating my profile #whatidoeveryweekend’.
2. Thumbs-up Paralysis: This can happen after engaging in a ‘liking’ rampage on Facebook. When you experience approval, or some kind of enjoyment in life, your thumb automatically extends into an upright position.
3. Retweet Depression: You are often thrown into bouts of depression when you discover that your tweets have not been retweeted enough. This symptom may worsen when you find that your Tumblr posts have not been reblogged or your Facebook status has not been ‘liked’.
4. Lol-tisms: Possibly the most severe symptom of all is when you use abbreviations such as ‘LOL’ and ‘LMAO’ in spoken conversations. Seek professional help immediately if this occurs.
5. Account-Hoarding: You refuse to relinquish your accounts on various social media sites that have long since lost their popularity, in case they become popular again.
6. Supreme Mayor: You have achieved mayorship of over 30 different locations after consistently ‘checking in’. You may have also altered your daily route so that you can check-in as often as possible in as many different locations as possible.
7. Fake Farmer: You believe that plans to build your own farm cannot but be hugely successful since you are one of the top farmers on Farmville.
8. Ahab Syndrome: You are thrown into an uncontrollable rage when one of your frequented social networks is down. You exhibit tendencies similar to the tyrannical Captain Ahab in the novel Moby Dick.
9. Device Obsession: You have spent most of your income on multiple devices that automatically update all of your social networks while simultaneously registering you for new ones.
10. Offline Complex: In the off-chance that you leave behind your iPhone, iPad, laptop, Droid or any other mobile device, your lack of constant interaction with social media causes you to slip into a paranoid psychosis.
Source: Viral Blog
