A study claims internet addiction is rife.

[starrylizard]

Okay, so THIS article is killing me. Found it off science_beta.

Is it just me, or are they completely missing the point that for many people the internet is a very social activity. Calling it an addiction and throwing it in with drug and alcohol abuse seems a little over the top to me. These people really need to have better things to research.

Comments

[parisntripfan.livejournal.com]

One of the real problems with this study is that reponses only looked at how many people responded to one (or maybe two) of the "addictive" indicators. But in order to considered addicted to something a person as to repond yes to several of those indicators.

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

Sounds about right. I think we all agree that the study is just bollocks.