My Facebook Public Speech

My Facebook public speech really sucked, but I'm going to type it here anyways.


You open your computer, and click on the internet, and the first thing you type is www.facebook.com You can’t wait to log on and check out the News Feed, Inbox, and your notifications. A few hours later, you think of logging off of Facebook, but just that thought alone leaves you in cold sweat. You check your News Feed one last time… You are addicted to Facebook.
Good morning, fellow students and Mrs. Gilbert, Today I am going to talk about Facebook, and I am also going to focus on the addictiveness. Facebook is a social networking site owned by Facebook, Inc. Anyone over 13 with a valid e-mail address can add friends, join groups and fan pages, use the Facebook applications, chat with online friends, and send and receive notifications. Facebook is addicting because it is easy to use and the web page itself is simple. The second reason why is it is addicting is the News Feed. The News Feed shows you the latest updates and status updates from your Facebook friends. The News Feed makes Facebook addicting because it is constantly updating and showing new information. Because the News Feed is always updating, you want keep going on the home page to see new updates. For me, the first and last website I check is Facebook, because the News Feed is always updating. Thirdly, the Facebook Chat, Inbox, and other form of Facebook communication makes it addicting. Facebook is a great place for communication. You can communicate though your friend’s wall, inbox, Facebook Chat, or even some applications.    Facebook is also very easy to find old, (or long, lost) friends. Lastly, Facebook is addicting because you know people that are on Facebook, so you can learn what’s new with them because we all want to be connected with your friends.




Facebook is also a great place to turn normal classmates to friends, also because of the communication. Facebook is also accessible through the iPod Touch, and many mobile phones.
Studies show that people that go on Facebook daily may receive lower grades than people that don’t and this website will influence your studying time negatively.

To conclude, there are some clues that you are addicted to Facebook are when:

You lose sleep over Facebook. You stay up late at night going on Facebook and you’re tired the next night. The latest I’ve been on Facebook is 1:30 am talking to some people on Facebook chat. Going to Facebook late at night is more convenient when you have an iPod Touch (I do), or if you have a phone, because you have the urge to check out Facebook just one last time.
My second point is - If you spend over 1 hour on Facebook, you are addicted - My friend, Travis Trudeau, has been on Facebook without stopping for 7 hours talking to friends on Facebook Chat.  James Clyne has been on Facebook for 4 hours, and again, because of Facebook Chat. Dalan has also been on for a few ours. Teagan Parke has been on for 16 hours but with occasion breaks, and it’s about that same for me too - (14-16 hours ish)

Normally, you shouldn’t really spend over 30 minutes on Facebook, in my opinion, but obviously I, (like many others) am addicted to Facebook. Not everyone is addicted to Facebook - (Devin)

Thirdly - You ignore work (homework, studying, work, etc.) for Facebook - I know I do…sometimes.

And Lastly - The thought of logging off leaves you in cold sweat. - Try going a day without Facebook, and if that brings you a lot of stress or makes you unhappy, you are addicted to Facebook. For me, I know I can’t go a day without Facebook.

Anyways, thank you for listening, and let me end by saying that overall, Facebook is addicting mainly because human connection, and if you want to stop Facebook addiction, (which, you may think is a bad habit) , you have to admit that you have a problem and block it, don’t visit it, or don’t even open the computer. Again, thank you all for listening.