"Its like the caste system in India. If you have more than 2,000 you're like a Broman or something"
WASHINGTON --- At first we all thought facebook was just another social networking site, but a recent study shows that teenagers all over the country are becoming obsessed with this once innocent "facebook".
"I wouldn't say im addicted exactly. Its just become one of those necessities in life, like water, food, makeup, or a cellphone." States Mellisa Brooke a Rosetown high school sophmore in Augusta, Georgia. "I mean, how do you expect anyone to know about the important things in life, like who's dating who, and how many more friends Sara has then me, or what David had for dinner without a facebook?"
Reporter Gennene Roberts interviewed another student, Josh Littlebourn, a junior at West Minister high school in San Diego.
"Exactly how many friends do you have on facebook?" Asked Roberts.
"I have exact;y 1,821 friends currently. But i just sent out 42 new friend requests this morning!" Stated Littlebourn.
"Do you know all of these people in person?" Inquired Roberts.
"Well no...I've only had actual conversations with about 40 of them...but the rest were on my friend suggestions list! So I'm sure i know them in some way!"
Like Josh, thousands of other teens started to have only had actual conversations with less than half of their facebook friends.
"Having less than 500 facebook friends is looked down upon in facebook society." Says junior Laura Lambert. "Its like the caste system in India. If you have more than 2,000 you're like a Broman or something. But if you have less than 500 you're one of the untouchables, and no one wants to be untouched."
"You mean Brahman." Corrected Roberts.
"Whatever."
"All she ever does is poke!" Hysterically exclaims concerned mother Martha Stewart. "During school, after school, at dinner, even in the shower!"
"If i don't constantly poke back, Jeremy will win the poke war." Says Jessie Stewart.
"What exactly is the point of these poke wars?" Asks reporter Roberts.
"Umm...I'm not sure, I just know that i can't let Jeremy win!"
"How do you win a poke war?"
"Well...I'm not exactly sure about that either."
And just like Jessie's mother parents all over the country have shown quite a concern about their children's poking addictions.
"When was the last time you slept for more than 2 hours at a time?" Roberts asks Benton Nelson, a freshman at Lakewood high school in Massachusetts.
"I'd say about a little over a week ago."
"Whats been keeping you up?"
"FARMVILLE!" Exclaims Nelson.
Nelson states that he spends 6-12 hours a day playing farmville, a virtual game on facebook where players grow and sell their own crops and can buy items for their avatar.
As solution for the desperate cries of the parents all over the country, The Children's Aid Association decided to start therapy sessions for the children who have become obsessed with facebook; it is called the FA: Facebookaholics Anonomous.
During one of the sessions, they decided to help Jessi with her poking problem. They decided to introduce her to a regular person that she was supposed to make friends with. But she kept physically poking the person and when he didn't poke back she almost clawed him to death.
WASHINGTON --- At first we all thought facebook was just another social networking site, but a recent study shows that teenagers all over the country are becoming obsessed with this once innocent "facebook".
"I wouldn't say im addicted exactly. Its just become one of those necessities in life, like water, food, makeup, or a cellphone." States Mellisa Brooke a Rosetown high school sophmore in Augusta, Georgia. "I mean, how do you expect anyone to know about the important things in life, like who's dating who, and how many more friends Sara has then me, or what David had for dinner without a facebook?"
Reporter Gennene Roberts interviewed another student, Josh Littlebourn, a junior at West Minister high school in San Diego.
"Exactly how many friends do you have on facebook?" Asked Roberts.
"I have exact;y 1,821 friends currently. But i just sent out 42 new friend requests this morning!" Stated Littlebourn.
"Do you know all of these people in person?" Inquired Roberts.
"Well no...I've only had actual conversations with about 40 of them...but the rest were on my friend suggestions list! So I'm sure i know them in some way!"
Like Josh, thousands of other teens started to have only had actual conversations with less than half of their facebook friends.
"Having less than 500 facebook friends is looked down upon in facebook society." Says junior Laura Lambert. "Its like the caste system in India. If you have more than 2,000 you're like a Broman or something. But if you have less than 500 you're one of the untouchables, and no one wants to be untouched."
"You mean Brahman." Corrected Roberts.
"Whatever."
"All she ever does is poke!" Hysterically exclaims concerned mother Martha Stewart. "During school, after school, at dinner, even in the shower!"
"If i don't constantly poke back, Jeremy will win the poke war." Says Jessie Stewart.
"What exactly is the point of these poke wars?" Asks reporter Roberts.
"Umm...I'm not sure, I just know that i can't let Jeremy win!"
"How do you win a poke war?"
"Well...I'm not exactly sure about that either."
And just like Jessie's mother parents all over the country have shown quite a concern about their children's poking addictions.
"When was the last time you slept for more than 2 hours at a time?" Roberts asks Benton Nelson, a freshman at Lakewood high school in Massachusetts.
"I'd say about a little over a week ago."
"Whats been keeping you up?"
"FARMVILLE!" Exclaims Nelson.
Nelson states that he spends 6-12 hours a day playing farmville, a virtual game on facebook where players grow and sell their own crops and can buy items for their avatar.
As solution for the desperate cries of the parents all over the country, The Children's Aid Association decided to start therapy sessions for the children who have become obsessed with facebook; it is called the FA: Facebookaholics Anonomous.
During one of the sessions, they decided to help Jessi with her poking problem. They decided to introduce her to a regular person that she was supposed to make friends with. But she kept physically poking the person and when he didn't poke back she almost clawed him to death.
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