Jonesing for Facebook

Nearly half of Internet users check for or post updates to Twitter and Facebook after they have already gotten themselves tucked into bed, during the night, or first thing when they wake up, according to a new report from Retrevo.

The study asked more than a thousand Internet users about their own behaviors when it came to social media and gadget usage, and discovered that many of us are just flat out addicted.

According to Retrevo, 55 percent of users over the age of 25 must check Facebook at least once a day. That's not that freakish—yet.
 
Eleven percent said they can't even go more than a couple of hours before popping onto their favorite social network, and when users under 25 are taken into consideration, that number went up to 18 percent.

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2010/03/net-addiction-to-a-new-level-users-update-from-bed-dinner.ars

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