Rahil Patel

CYSE 201S

Dr Brian Payne

Free Writes 13

Social Media Disorder Scale

  • During the past year, have you …
  • Regularly found that you can’t think of anything else but the moment that you will be able to use social media again? No
  • Regularly felt dissatisfied because you wanted to spend more time on social media? No
  • Often felt bad when you could not use social media? No
  • Tried to spend less time on social media, but failed? Yes
  • Regularly neglected other activities (e.g. hobbies, sport) because you wanted to use social media? No
  • Regularly had arguments with others because of your social media use? No
  • Regularly lied to your parents or friends about the amount of time you spend on social media? No
  • Often used social media to escape from negative feelings? No
  • Had serious conflict with your parents, brother(s) or sister(s) because of your social media use? No

I would not prefer to spend more time on social media. I would rather have myself doing other activities than doing gossips on social media. Nowadays, people tend to share everything on the social media. From my point of view, they are losing their privacy by sharing everything including locations. I have seen many examples who like to spend most of their time on social media. Social media is a great tool, but when it is used at a certain criterion. If it crosses the limit, it may make negative impacts.