Are You a Facebook Addict?

by Sarah Kohl | illustration by Shannon Douglas

How many times a day do you check your Facebook account?

a. Once or twice a week.
b. Once or twice a day.
c. Every time I sit down at a computer.
d. I don’t even bother logging off; I’m on all day and all night.

Who do you usually add as your Facebook friends?

a. I wait for my friends to find me.
b. Just my closest friends and some new people from my classes.
c. Everyone from my high school, my English 1101 class two years ago and people I see on the bus every day.
d. Every person I’ve ever made eye contact with. And all the people they’ve ever made eye contact with.

How many Facebook parties have you been to?

a. Facebook parties? What are those?
b. My best friends invited me to a couple.
c. I get at least one invite a week, and I go to most of those parties.
d. All the parties I can find, whether I’m invited or not.

How many groups have you joined?

a. A few related to my major and my interests.
b. Several, mostly funny or nostalgic.
c. A lot. I search daily for new groups to join and have created one or two of my own.
d. More groups than the site will allow me to display. I’m also the creator of half of those groups.

Have you ever been stalked on the Facebook?

a. No, no one’s ever bothered me.
b. A couple of people from my child- hood managed to track me down.
c. Yes, several people I’ve never met have tried to call or e-mail me after seeing me online.
d. Please. I’m the biggest stalker of them all.

If you answered...

Mostly A’s: Not obsessed at all. Most likely, a friend with good intentions forced you to join.

Mostly B’s: Mild user. You could stand to take advantage of more that the Facebook has to offer.

Mostly C’s: Very active user, borderline addicted. But your friends probably are in the same boat, so it doesn’t seem so bad.

Mostly D’s: Completely obsessed. It might be time for an intervention or a stint in rehab.