{"id":8468,"date":"2012-10-15T13:54:09","date_gmt":"2012-10-15T19:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/?p=8468"},"modified":"2012-11-12T14:07:45","modified_gmt":"2012-11-12T20:07:45","slug":"facebook-an-addiction-or-a-guilty-pleasure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/?p=8468","title":{"rendered":"Facebook keeps students checking status"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Facebook: It’s one of the most active social networking sites today.<\/p>\n

But some argue whether or not Facebook is an addiction or just a guilty pleasure.<\/p>\n

“It’s my favorite thing to get on,” Sophomore Ariel McCormack said. It’s just the most amazing thing ever. I moved away from my original school, so it’s a good way to keep in touch with all of my old friends.”<\/p>\n

For some people, the downsides are obvious.<\/p>\n

“It’s an addiction, that’s putting it plain and simple,” sophomore Emerald Noggle said.\u00a0“The fact that everyone has it and they completely misuse it. I just don’t see why everyone ‘loves’ Facebook so much.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Some say that Facebook helps with many things, that have to do with family, friends, school, and clubs.<\/p>\n

“It helps me keep in touch with everyone, including my family. I even keep up with the many clubs that I’m in and the many school groups, along with the activities that the school has going on,” said McCormack.<\/p>\n

It’s more of an every now and then kind of thing, for those who have more tests, homework, and studying to do.<\/p>\n

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While others were too busy on Facebook to be doing house work or their homework for that matter.<\/p>\n

“When I get home the first thing I do is I log into Facebook, check everything, check up on everybody, and talk to a few people, and ‘scope out’ a few pictures,” McCormack said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This isn’t the only “downside” to having Facebook, to some it “ruins” everything.<\/p>\n

“I can never get my work done, because sometimes, when I do get on my account, I can never get off. Honestly I love Facebook, but I can’t get on it anymore because it is so addicting.\u00a0I never get to study because I get on Facebook, and in return, I fail my classes, which is not good. As I said before, it ruins everything for me.”<\/p>\n

But for others it’s not as bad as everyone makes it out to be.<\/p>\n

“Facebook actually helps me, I know that sounds like a lie, and just plain dumb, but I’m is serious. It actually helps me, I get to log onto Facebook, then I get done what I want and then in return I get my work done,” McCormack said.\u00a0“Its just a guilty pleasure, there is no harm to it.”<\/p>\n

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