FACEBOOK ADDICTION AND ISSUES

GROUP C2

GENERAL OVERVIEW

Over 1.3 billion users across 212 countries

618 million daily active users

Females constitute 60% of total users

1 in every 13 has a FB A/C

Are you a FB addict??

If you login for more than twice a day

If u cant stop yourself from checking FB notifications from phone

If u cant resist from sending friend requests

If 8 out of 10 people shown in your FB page are complete strangers

You become paranoid: "Why hasn't this person messaged me back?"

Over-Sharing

You become restless or troubled if you are prohibited from using FB

If you login before brushing your teeth

If you cant stop logging in even between your routine work

56% of FB users play GAMES

% of GAMERS

GamersNon gamers

3 out of every 5 users

Over 60 million people were addicted

4 million monthly users within 60 days

6428 fans per day

Fastest growing FB game

FB @ Offices

Affects 12.5% of productivity

FB affecting Social and Family life

FB affecting youth

FB Addiction Detector

Giving up FB is like giving up smoking

Once you are addicted, its hard to recover

Lets hear it from C.A Pratik Duggar

• The only one in TAPMI without a FB A/C• Had to go through lot of pear pressure and

pressure from cousins• Has never felt that he was missing something

in his life• He feels FB is just a tool to make your

emotions public

..............Cont

• He even compared FB to a KNIFE

• It was supposed to create bonding

• He even felt that people are misusing this tool

FACE OF FB IN TAPMI

• Lets hear from Sridhar who spends around 2 hours daily in FB (min 2 hrs/day)

Calls himself as a FB fan, not an addict

• Login more than two times a day

• Likes around 5 -10 pictures a day

• Has a habit of sleeping late because of FB

FB is an ENABLER

Is it Good or Bad ?

Supporting entrepreneurs

• Manuel Otto- the founder of Stick Run• 15 year old

Platform for marketing

Has taken over E-Mail

Games for development

Source of information and news

Top 6 application developers in FB

• Zynga• Thunderpenny• Schoolfeed• Scribed• Woobox• Pinterest

Effective and Efficient Networking