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"Sorry, I can't come to work today. I'm suffering from SND"

The BBC reports on new phenomenon. It seems that ghost bloggers are being employed to keep up with all the social networking we need to do these days. For a fee, I can now hire someone to manage my Facebook, LinkedIn, work and personal blog profiles. They'll also answer all the messages I get from friends and colleagues on them.

I wonder if people are starting to worry that if they don't have an up-to-the-minute presence in all these places, they'll cease to exist in the physical world? I certainly know people who spend an inordinate amount of time blogging and keeping tabs on the bloggersphere. Will it spawn a whole new raft of corporate anxieties? I predict that Social Networking Disorder (SND) will soon be upon us.

 

Published 18 July 2007 10:27 by tayler.cresswell

Comments

 

Michelle.Flynn said:

What is the world coming to???  

I completely agree with you, it becomes so addictive (and competitive), not sure I like the idea of someone else replying to my friends though (who knows what they would say!!).

How about we set up a Facebook group called "NO to SND" and encourage people to actually see their friends in person????

One thing people should think about when putting their information out for the whole world to access is that a quarter of employers have rejected candidates due to online info they have found about them.... beware!!!

July 18, 2007 11:03
 

Keith said:

Just lifted this from wikipedia on OCD:

the obsessions or compulsions must be time-consuming (taking up more than one hour per day), cause distress, or cause impairment in social, occupational, or school functioning.

SND is OCD for the digerati !!

July 19, 2007 10:23
 

Anthony.Steele said:

Sounds a lot like a Digital <a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/social-secretary">Social Secretary</a>

July 19, 2007 16:33
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