Study Finds Social Media Harder To Resist Than Cigarettes, Alcohol

An anonymous reader writes "Checking a Twitter, Facebook or email account for updates may be more tempting than alcohol and cigarettes, according to researchers who tried to measure how well people regulate their daily desires. Researchers also found that while sleep and sex may be stronger urges than certain drug addictions, people are more likely to give in to their addiction to use social or other types of media."

Comments

LOL, not immune from pointless /. posting

[bussdriver]

/. is an addiction.

Re:"Addiction"??

[subreality]

about as insightful as noting that starving people crave food.

It's profoundly insightful when you notice people failing to eat (or hold down a job so they can eat) because they're too hung up on Facebook. Any time you have a strong drive that's possible. Most people can control it; some fail and become addicts.