Having a Facebook addiction can become very dangerous, especially for College/University students, and office workers. The reason why it is dangerous for these two types of individuals is because of the minimal amount of productivity that will come out of them. When College/University students are using their laptops in class, we all know that #1 they are on Facebook, and #2 they are not learning a single thing. I find that Facebook has become a major distraction for students both inside and outside of the classroom. For instance, when students are chatting online via Facebook during a class lecture, any information being taught will automatically be shutout. This learning dissadvantage could leave a negative effect on these students depending on how frequent they are using Facebook during class time.
Facebook addiction is also very dangerous when it comes into the workplace. I know a couple of people who sit at their desks all day long playing on “Farmville” and doing other unrelated work activities on Facebook. Bringing this addiction into the workplace will lower their performance and work productivity, and consequences for this kind of behavior could range from a written warning to termination.
Like any other addiction, individuals cannot just quit or "deactivate" their account cold turkey. It will take time, but the best advise I can give is to monitor Facebook usage. I would also suggest for addicted individuals to uninstall and delete the Facebook application off of their Smart phone so that there is no temptation for them. By doing so, they will slowly be able to go about their day in the "real world," and ultimately enhance both performance and productivity for once addicted students and employees.
