The 6th Legal Addiction
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Do you ever feel an almost compulsive need to check your Facebook? Refresh your Twitter? Do you ever wonder why at the store, you're a "customer," but online, you're a "user"? See how the science of operant conditioning is being used on you by Facebook, Farmville, and WOW. Presented at Ignite Salt Lake, August 31, 2011 at the State Room in Salt Lake City, Utah: http://youtu.be/Ek3dDL0l8MA
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- 1. The 6th Legal Addiction
- 3. Addictive Behavior Ad·dic·tion /əәˈdikSHəәn/ Noun: When an individual persists in the use of a substance despite problems related to its use, often characterized by impairment in behavioral control, craving, inability to consistently abstain, and a diminished recognition of significant problems with one’s behaviors and interpersonal relationships. From the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
- 4. FUN FACT: More than 40% of the English-speaking Internet population in the developed world has a personal Facebook page.
- 6. Intermittent Variable Reward (IVR) – A method of behavioral reinforcement conditioned by rewarding action intermittently (as opposed to consistently).
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- 14. I’d Rather Give Up ______ August 3, 2011 by TeleNav, Inc. Than Give up My Cell Phone for a Week: 55% said Caffeine 63% said Chocolate 70% said Alcohol 20% said Shoes 33% said Sex 26% of smartphone users admitted to using their phone frequently at the dinner table
- 15. How to Know If You’re Addicted to Social Media 1. You find yourself Facebooking at the expense of other activities: your hobbies, your spouse or your job. 2. If you’ve ever denied that your use of social media is a problem. 3. If you’re spending your weeknights at group therapies or conferences listening to someone explain that social media can be an addiction. 4. If you’ve ever used Twitter to communicate with someone living in your own home. 5. If you’ve ever faked receiving a phone call so you could go and check your Facebook on your phone. 6. If you’ve ever forced a friend or aging relative to join Facebook in order to stay in touch with you. 7. If you’ve ever tweeted from the bathroom. Like, while using it.
- 16. Why Is This Bad?
- 17. Short List of the Most Addictive Sites on the Internet 1. Failbook.Failblog.org 2. Twitter.com/FirstWorldPains 3. ClientsFromHell.com 4. DamnYouAutoCorrect.com 5. LeisureDive.com Bonus: Twitter.com/ShawnPButler WARNING: These sites are potentially habit forming! And are basically not very useful to begin with.