I scored a 38 out of 135 total, or roughly a 28%, on the test which I was unsurprised by. I’ve never been big on social media, posting occasionally but mainly using it to talk to friends and for entertainment sometimes. I did score higher than I thought in the preoccupation, tolerance, and problems tiers, but it wasn’t a high enough score to really be worried about in my opinion. While I have had trouble in the past going to sleep because I got distracted or having problems not responding to messages, it’s something I’m working on and I’m slowly getting better at. As for the items themselves, I think the questions are perfectly reasonable and line up well with the subject matter of the test. There are a few that I was surprised at and didn’t understand how they would apply to someone, but I think that’s because I’ve never thought about social media addiction and the causes or symptoms of it until now. Overall, I think that while a few individual questions could be worded better, or example situations could be added to make them more clear, the test is a good way to identify those with social media addiction or other harmful disorders linked to social media. I think the reason that we may see different scores in various places across the world is because different cultures may value social media in different ways, as well as developed countries having more access to the technology. For example, the US puts more emphasis on individualism and things of that nature while collectivist countries may value aspects like this much less. This may lead to countries like the US having higher issues because individuals may value social media more, as it allows them to express their individuality better than other avenues.