Top 14 Signs of Social Media Addiction

By ALEX NOUDELMAN

A new report published by Go Global is showing an increase in social media addictions around the globe. Let’s take a look at 14 sure signs that will make you look addictive to social media.

Top 14 Signs of Social Media Addiction

If you answer yes to at least 5 of the following signs/statements, you may very well be addicted to social media.

Top 14 Signs of Social Media Addiction

Sign 14:

You “accidentally” signed your Twitter handle name on your marriage certificate and your personal cheques.

Sign 13:

You keep sending your friends invites and requests to talk on Whatsapp, play games on Facebook and retweet on Twitter.

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25% of internet users have admitted to having difficulties in real-life relationships

because of confrontational online behaviors?

Sign #12

You check your Facebook and Twitter accounts before getting in and out of bed.

Sign #11

You speak in sentences of precisely 140 characters or less just like you do in the Twitterverse.

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48% of internet users check/update their Facebook and/or Twitter accounts after they go to bed. Are you one of them?

Sign #10

You judge your popularity based on the number of retweets, likes, shares, +1s, followers & repins you get on your social media accounts.

Sign #9

You literallyannounce to everyone on social media what you are doing every day and sometimes even every hour as well. 

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65% of the adults sleep with their smart phones within reach.

Sign #8

 You tag your friends on pictures that do not involve them, in order to make sure they see the pictures.

Sign #7

You believe that life

is more is interesting

on social media than

in reality and spend

more than half of

your day on it.

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45% of people are worried and uncomfortable when their emails

or Facebook are inaccessible.

Sign #6

 You “like” your own updates on Facebook. You “favourite” your own Tweets. You “like” your own Instagram pics. You “repin” yourself on Pinterest.  You posted them, of course you’ll like them.

Sign #5

A friend tells you a joke, and instead of laughing out loud, you use the phrase “lol” without any use of facial expressions. 

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The +1 button is hit at least 5 billion times per day.

Sign #4

You think your friend is an alien if he or she does not have a social media account.

Sign #3

You take a snapshot of every dish you eat and post it on your accounts before giving into the delicious meal.

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51% of social media users changed their life in a negative way.

Sign #2

You add a plugin called “Who Deleted You Off Facebook” to get notified every time someone deletes you.

Sign #1

When you discover that your “friend” deleted you off a social media account, you start calling them demanding they re-add you.

Thank you for reading!

By Alex Noudelman

Digital Marketing Manager, Educator

Alex (dot) noudelman (at) gmail (dot) com

www.alexnoudelman.com