facebook ruining life?

Facebook may make it more convenient, but we are responsible for our own choices. I can be online all day and never even look at Facebook. I do not exercise enough, but I do take care of feeding people, etc. I do think I pay less attention to my husband, though. It is my choice however, and not MyLot or Facebook or anything else can really keep me from making healthy choices. I just need to plan for them. It is even more compelling now that I am earning most of my income online.

I once saw a status on facebook saying 'Im on this - park, and I am having so much fun'. My initial reaction was, if you were really having so much fun, how come you found the time to update your status?! I guess this would go in the category of having facebook as their social life. Or having it dictate what they do. And in this case, I agree that it's ruining lives.

There are some young people in our office, 23-25yrs all of them and their social life revolves around facebook! Can you imagine these people keep awake till 2-2:30 am, chatting and connecting and exchanging God knows what! This is their lifestyle…they are serious about their career so they don’t bunk office and all..they mostly work till 7pm, go home, freshen up and sit at their computers with facebook. They meet new people, make new friends, fix appointment everything thru facebook. So yes, I’ve always thought that social networks actually ruin your social life. Previously it was orkut. When it had just come in, I too became a member but very soon, I realized the dangers of such networking. Either you are in at the cost of your family life or if you are not a regular, you are the butt of joke…you stick out like a sore thumb. Once you fall into the whirlpool, there’s no getting out.

I think Facebook just gives us a place to do it all. I really enjoy Facebook and have connected with some folks I wouldn't have other wise. I think it is smart to do all things in moderation. People that go over board get themselves into trouble. It is their choice to make.

I think there are a lot of people that are addicted to facebook. In alot of ways it has become the core of people's social life. I think that if we picked apart everything that people did..we could find all kinds of excuses why people aren't as active as they once were...I think that it boils down to a personal choice.

yes, facebook may ruin life. my sister for example she sits like about a day facing the computer when she there is no class. chit chatting with friends on line. she would hardly get out of her seat. she would eat just in front of the computer and worst she sleeps late at night! now she's experiencing pain in her eyes when staying long facing the computer so now, she hardly updates her account and i'm just so happy that she has cut her addiction of facebook.:)

only when it harrasses someone that takes it to heart of wwhat is being said about them. But If they didnt wan to read it they wouldnt some depressed person would just read and read about what others say till they have toook their own life just dont get it that this can happen but it has. not sure face bok to blame they have so many people there that cant monitor what is being said to a person.

I can see where it very well could ruin lives. People trash talk other people and put too much of their personal life on there.

i also do not think that it's facebook to blame. it could only be one of the latest discoveries and even before facebook, some lives were already ruined by other things. it's the people's choice how they will ruin their lives with such techs.

People live for facebook. Guys will start talking to girls and then there girl friends find out and its a big mess. You find pictures you dont want to see of your boyfriend and its not wrong and your like what the heck. I found this girl always liking everything my boyfriend posted and then one day he asked me to hold his phone and he has recevid a text messae from that same girl and it was a nasty one and they had been talking and i had no idea and i confronted him about it and well he isnt talking to her anymore and took her off facebook deleted her from his phone and now she has a boyfriend and thank goodness she was bugging me so much and i didnt like it but its a way to keep up to date on waht your family and freinds are doing and be a detective all at the same time.

In my opinion, Facebook addiction life style isn't healthy; for your body, for your money, even for your social life (aw, come on, I thought Facebook is a place for socialize). I mean you also need to talk with people, having conversation in real life, and so. Not only sitting, chatting, and wall-to-walling. Real life communication surely different with online communication. And not to mention the others: addiction on upload photo and give comments, addiction on give "Like", addiction to play games on Facebook, or so on.. Is Facebook to be blamed? In my opinion, nope. In fact, Facebook itself may give a lot of benefits. The one that should being blamed is people that got too addict with Facebook! In past time, there lived people that ruined their life because of their addiction with TV, Video Games, bla, bla.. Can we blame the TV, Video games, bla bla.. ? In my opinion, Nope. Time management, Life management, control yourself; I think that would be a key. Anyway, Thank God, I no longer got addicted with Facebook. And somehow I also already settle my addiction with myLot

I think it's not facebook or any other social networking sites are to be blamed for the ruining of ones person's life. Each of us has a responsibility in whatever things that we do. I agree that we all have choices. But of course it always entails responsibility and self-discipline. I guess doing too much of something is not really good. Thus, we have to utilize those sites for a good purpose.

I dont think that facebook ruins anyones life. Everyone makes a chooice to go on facebook and yes it can be addicting. I usually get on facebook, play the games I have been playing forever, and then sign off. I used to spend a lot of time on facebook but now I spend more time on mylot. I excerise for about 30-45 minutes a day and make sure things are taken care of around the house. My husband is gone 2-3 weeks at a time and when he is home I focus on him and not on the computer. However facebook is linked to my cellphone so if I get a message I can text my responses without getting on the computer. Its a choice to sit at the computer all day long and they should put the blame on those that choose to do it.

Hi SOmecowgirl No facebook is nowhere to blame for ruining our lives facebook never requested us to join it just the fun we experience there attract us . By the way facebook is really a good site it just helps us to connect with other person,s lives even we are not in contact with each other we can even know what is happening in other,s persons lives . And yes facebook is no where to be blammed for ruining our lives instead it helps us to connect. it really is a good site.