Internet habit? Dependency? Addiction? Pop psychology?

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    Internet habit? Dependency? Addiction? Pop psychology?


    The popular press is full of articles braying news about Internet addiction; try typing "Internet addiction" into the search field of your favorite search engine and start browsing. A Google search in mid-December brought up 768,000 English, French and German pages on the topic.
    The popular Web site netaddiction.com has a self-test anyone can take to computer a score suggesting the degree of "level of addiction." The scoring chart provides the following guidance:
    The higher your score, the greater your level of addiction and the problems your Internet usage causes.
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    According to that test, I am an "average online user", even though I am on a lot.
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  3. Posts : 3,960
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    I'm too scared to even click the link...

    I do spend a huge amount of time online...
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  5. Posts : 4,280
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    I'm a 23 so average, but I would have to say that a real online junkie would lie lie llie on that test.LOL
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    I'm very surprised - 68

    50 -79 points: You are experiencing occasional or frequent problems because of the Internet. You should consider their full impact on your life.
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    z3r010 said:
    I'm very surprised - 68

    50 -79 points: You are experiencing occasional or frequent problems because of the Internet. You should consider their full impact on your life.
    Hahah, no surprise there, you run 4 forums, of course it has an impact on your life, it's your damn job!

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    77.
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    Congratulations, your score is: 37
    Yeah right...
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  10. Posts : 685
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    lol wtf ! and I said I have a life XD!
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