Comments on: What if Social Media were a Disorder?

By: veronicaromm

veronicaromm — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 05:58:23 +0000

I enjoyed reading this. Your diagnostic technique is well grounded and I believe you are on to something. Where is the line b/w addiction and obsession?

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By: Great find of the day and Personal Musings | Chris Estes

Great find of the day and Personal Musings | Chris Estes — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:01:07 +0000

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By: Joy

Joy — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:00:04 +0000

That’s oh so true..I myself is also a hopeless case..I’m just so addicted on social media sites..^^

By: Robdogg

Robdogg — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:06:44 +0000

HAHA, very true, I am absolutely addicted.

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Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:46:52 +0000

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By: Masked Bandit

Masked Bandit — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:42:32 +0000

(1) Mass communication of all forms damages the human identity forming process by a quality known as hyperreality. Things in mass comm, being massively shared experiences, trick the mind that they are “more real than real” — these hyperreal experiences are preferentially incorporated by the ego, just like the body preferentially incorporates (radioactive) Strontium-90 rather than Calcium in your bones.

(2) Social media gives people a great opportunity to express narcissistic needs (ex. to be seen.) The effect is similar in magnitude to that of television, but it’s different in form — on TV you’re continuously watching people who are obsessed with their bodies, and it rubs off on you (the commercials on a sports game feature aging sports heros pushing hair replacement clinics.) Children are forced to think about themselves, their family and how they fit into the economy — they know there are different classes of people, so this does damage to their narcissistic equilibrium (self-esteem.) Is your family too poor to buy the $19.99 tub of gimmicky art supplies or too rich?

Social media will have new effects that will only become obvious after years of exposure.

By: Chris Estes might have the same disorder

Chris Estes might have the same disorder — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:17:08 +0000

I may have this disorder. But Mine is a split with multiple personalities and compulsion.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:12:03 +0000

Damn, I don’t have insurance for medications yet.
I guess I will have to suffer!

By: Michael Martine

Michael Martine — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:01:27 +0000

Does this mean I can ask my doctor for a free sample of something? Thanks for the humor!

By: Shana Albert

Shana Albert — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:49:45 +0000

@Kristen – Trust me when I say…. I completely know where you are coming from on that one.

@Michelle – Hmmmm…. I wonder what a Social Media intervention would be like. You will have to let me know.

@SearchBuzz – haha…. could you imagine that 12 step program? I love it!! Maybe I will, Mr. Buzz.

By: SearchBuzz

SearchBuzz — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:36:15 +0000

Shana, You may need to develop a 12 step program for SM disorders!

By: Michelle Montoya

Michelle Montoya — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:18:40 +0000

I’m in the advanced stages of the disorder, and my family is thinking of staging an intervention. You might be seeing me on A&E soon.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:03:39 +0000

I have accepted it and am living with it very well. It’s the family that can’t handle my disorder too well. They seem to think I love social media more than them rather than seeing it as something I was born with. LOL

By: Shana Albert

Shana Albert — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:48:59 +0000

@Tim Nash – Haha…. that’s for sure.

By: Tim Nash

Tim Nash — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:39:02 +0000

Indeed we could be looking at a pandemic certainly on this blog!

By: Shana Albert

Shana Albert — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:09:14 +0000

@Glen – Thanks, Glen. I’m glad you liked the post

By: Glen Allsopp

Glen Allsopp — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:53:31 +0000

If it is then i think I have it as well.

Great post, original!