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10. The hair on the back of your neck stands up
when someone mentions that Facebook is a
social networking site for business.

If you answer "true" to one or more of these ques-
tions, you may be Linked Addicted.
Now that we have identified characteristics of a
LinkedIn Addict, let's try to put a face with a name.
The first person that comes to mind would be "the
Doc" from the movie Back to the Future, all cra-
zy-eyed and white haired, yelling to Marty about
the De Lorean and the Time Continuum. On the
other side of the spectrum, perhaps we may
envision a young Doogie Howser who may have
progressed from an online diary (early version of
social communication) to immersing himself into
the cutting edge of social media. After all as a
teenage doctor, he sure had an original story to
share.
It has often been said that social media addicts do
not want to miss anything; they are glued to the
services they use 24/7 as they feel they must have
their finger on the pulse and be involved in every-
thing and all conversations. It's almost like the old
days with radio-call in contests. We all sat by the
phones waiting to dial and be "the hundred and
first caller." No, we couldn't dial too soon, but we
had to dial quickly...and to manage this dichotomy,

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