Even though no disease or disorder has yet been linked to social networking addiction, still a number of behaviors associated with excessive use of social media have lately become the subject of much discussion and research.
That said, a social networking addict could be considered someone who uses social media excessively to a point where it interferes with other daily activities.
Such as constantly checking Facebook status updates or “stalking” people’s profiles on Facebook, for hours on end.
But does spending three hours a day reading random tweets from strangers means you’re addicted to Twitter? How about five hours?
One could argue that it was merely news-reading to stay updated, right? But could the countless hours we spend on social media be the cause of undiscovered behavioral disorders?