Wait, what was that first step again? - Daniel Smith
I enjoy learning and that's my sole approach to using the Internet..maybe the question should be "Are you addicted to learning?" - Julian Baldwin
Of course. Isn't addiction required at this point? - Lindsay Donaghe
Yeah. But at least its not like I'm addicted to crack or meth or something. - K Welch
@k welch that's how people become addicted, they compare their own addiction to something worse.. - Julian Baldwin
yes :) It hasn't impacted my life yet. A component of my job is watching for trends on the internet. - Tony Haenn
@Tony same with me - it's integrated into my career. - Steve Rubel
@k I think I saw a psuedo-science article one time that said there is an "endorphin boost" when we access new information or are waiting for it. Hence the constant need to check email, flip through g. reader etc...So in a sense you are addicted to something just like crack or meth :) - Tony Haenn
Friendfeed doesn't mean addict in English ? - Jean-Charles
Hmm... lets see here.. Staying up until 1am catching up on news feeds and/or creating independent media content.... I think I might be. But I can quit any time! - Mike Wills
@Steve and @Tony...me too...does that make us addicted to work? - mike
I would feel like I'm cut off from the world if I didn't have *some* connection to e-mail, or Google, or whatever, but I don't think I'm addicted. There are many times (often weekends) where I barely do anything online besides check e-mail... That's why I'm not a very good blogger. :P - Cheryl Jones
"endorphin boost"? So that explains it. /me quits the internet... but will return when the DTs kick in. - DeathByNinja
Yup. But I'm ok with 7 days in the woods with no internet too. I think I'm addicted to breathing, eating, and movement. I asked an ex-girlfriend about her addiction to reading "When was the last time you went a day without reading anything?" .... "Uhhh. Can't remember." ;-) See Julian Baldwin's "addicted to learning" thread http://friendfeed.com/e/e90c58... - Mitchell Tsai
Addicted? No. Not at all. I can quit anytime I want. - Russell Holliman
To be honest, I am taking a week hiatus the end of this month. Middle of nowhere... no cell phone, no internet, no radio, no TV. I think I'll die! And catch a lot a fish while doing it. - Mike Wills
I am yes, a program I want to watch is on and I am here! - Joe Dawson
Absolutely! My wife despairs when she tells me to put the laptop away when we retire at night, and then I roll over and pick up my hiptop! :-) - Lee Hopkins
Oh, come one. Anyone who reads your confession can relate. After all, it's on FriendFeed. Does anyone other than Internet addicts even use FF? :-) - Brent Logan
The Internet.... My life...One in the same it appears to me :) - Keith Bilous
let's find a word stronger than addicted... :) - Goktug Gedik
I can survive without it for a while before dying of "noise" thirst. - Roberto Bonini
pretty much, find it tough to deal without Internet connection for more than a day, possible but feels weared, it's where I communicate mostly, it where I hear the news, where I learn something. It's vital oh ye it helps me make a living as well - Dobromir Hadzhiev
I've been away from the internet for hours at a stretch. Sometimes days. But usually, it's because I'm participating in other activities even more addictive than the internet. - Morton Fox
I'm not addicted to the Internet. It's not like I've been browsing FriendFeed constantly. I take a 30 second break every hour so nobody can say that I spent the whole hour on the Internet. :D - Here's... possible248! via NoiseRiver
I want to marry FF and have half FAIL WHALE babies.. addicted? Never. - Mona N.
I guess I am if I'm upset that I missed this for the past 2 hours. ;) - Kevin C. Tofel
I'm glad that Internet keeps me away from my other addiction: reading books. You know, from reading books you get those tiny, tired eyes, your elbows are getting sore from holding up the book and at a certain moment you don't know how the hell you got to move your body because of stiffness. Well with Internet, after all those hours... Well, I feel the same, but happy. ;-) - Ton Zijp
