Heavy Net users are loners, study suggests

[adrian]

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Canadians who spend more time online are more likely to neglect family and real-life friends, says a new Statistics Canada survey, but experts say the numbers paint a bleaker picture than personal experience and other research suggests.

The survey, which examined the Internet habits of 20,000 people across the country, found heavy Internet users — those who spent more than an hour a day surfing the Web for fun — spent at least half an hour per day on the computer rather than interacting with spouses or children.

They also found themselves alone for two extra hours a day and were more likely to shirk household chores, the study concluded.

Wait, there's life away from the computer?

[1stwahine]

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Dat is not TRUE for me!!! We all got Lives! I have an Active Life! It all depends on Time Management.

Auntie Lynn

[GypsyLika]

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I think they may have said the same thing about TV. It is all about time management and knowing when to walk away form the machine. Its about balance yeah. Too much of anyghing can mess you up.

[Leo Lakio]

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Dat is not TRUE for me!!! We all got Lives! I have an Active Life!

...says the woman with the third-highest post count on HT...


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I getting bombarded by long-distance electronic WHACK-WHACKS!

[Hellbent]

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its kind of funny. internet usage has surpassed tv viewing. ie more ppl go online then watch tv nowadays. china has internt addiction clinics i heard.
id like to see that same study with a correlation to porn.

also the numbers are changing. i ran an internet cafe for 4 years and saw many friendships develop. an icafe is a place people go to pay to play on the pc's. alot of parents used to ask why kids came to play when they have pc's and the intarweb at home. its a social thing - you have steak and beer at home, yet you go to a restaurant or bar with friends and pay 2-3x for something you could have made at home.
and im talking about heavy internet users: many were 25-50 hour a week users.

[Hellbent]

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fixed it:
"They also found themselves alone for two extra hours a day and were more likely to be found without pants on, the study concluded."
lol

[1stwahine]

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...says the woman with the third-highest post count on HT...


OW! OW! OW!
I getting bombarded by long-distance electronic WHACK-WHACKS!

No ack bruddah Leo Lakio!

I do have a life. I not always on da computa.

It juss seems dat way.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Too Funny!

Auntie Lynn

[GypsyLika]

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OW! OW! OW!
I getting bombarded by long-distance electronic WHACK-WHACKS!

Ai, HALA sounds like NT Pupule get one virtual taser! Beware Electronic Whack Whacks!

[1stwahine]

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Ai, HALA sounds like NT Pupule get one virtual taser! Beware Electronic Whack Whacks!

Eh, Wea you came from? No moa Big (neva mind) dis not my Blog! heheheh

Auntie pUpUle

[damontucker]

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Once aunties bf is pau with his vacation... we may nevah see her on here again
enjoy her here now while we can

Especially now she get confidence again to roll in her hoopty!

[1stwahine]

Re: Heavy Net users are loners, study suggests

Once aunties bf is pau with his vacation... we may nevah see her on here again
enjoy her here now while we can

Especially now she get confidence again to roll in her hoopty!

Manoa, I started on HT when Mark wasn't on Vacation. It ain't gonna make a difference. I do what I want, when I want, and where I want. HT has been a place of comfort and a place where I have learned many things from all our members.

Everyday is like going to school. I learn from each and every member. The knowledge I gain here is FREE and most are not found in books!

Auntie Lynn

[MadAzza]

Re: Heavy Net users are loners, study suggests

its kind of funny. internet usage has surpassed tv viewing. ie more ppl go online then watch tv nowadays. china has internt addiction clinics i heard.
id like to see that same study with a correlation to porn.

also the numbers are changing. i ran an internet cafe for 4 years and saw many friendships develop. an icafe is a place people go to pay to play on the pc's. alot of parents used to ask why kids came to play when they have pc's and the intarweb at home. its a social thing - you have steak and beer at home, yet you go to a restaurant or bar with friends and pay 2-3x for something you could have made at home.
and im talking about heavy internet users: many were 25-50 hour a week users.

Heavy internet use causes lack of proper punctuation and capitalization, and poor spelling and grammar, study finds.

[damontucker]

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[kimo55]

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[scrivener]

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There may be a mixup here between cause and effect. Is heavy computer usage causing people to spend more time alone, or are people who'd probably be spending that time alone anyway choosing to do so in front of a computer? I do not think one could definitely say, one way or the other.