{"id":90,"date":"2009-04-25T09:49:03","date_gmt":"2009-04-25T09:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/flirtingwithfaith\/2009\/04\/are-you-addicted-to-facebook-take-this-test-and-find-out.html"},"modified":"2009-04-25T09:49:03","modified_gmt":"2009-04-25T09:49:03","slug":"are-you-addicted-to-facebook-take-this-test-and-find-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flirtingwithfaith\/2009\/04\/are-you-addicted-to-facebook-take-this-test-and-find-out.html","title":{"rendered":"Are You Addicted to Facebook? Take This Test and Find Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I found this simple <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imagolady.com\/Paula_Pile\/A_Temptress_in_the_Computer\/Facebook%20Inventory%20Test.pdf\">15-question questionnaire<\/a> linked to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ext\/share.php?sid=75195866722&amp;h=fe2H1&amp;u=fQkTW&amp;ref=nf\">CNN article<\/a> on Facebook addiction. It was written by Paula Pile, a marriage and family therapist who practices in Greensboro, North Carolina. She states in the article that she&#8217;d had three patients in that week with Facebook-related challenges.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This seemed serious, so I did what any caring friend would do &#8211; I posted it on Facebook and promptly took the test. I scored a 17 so, according to Pile, I enjoy Facebook but it is not a problem in my life.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Whew!\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>But I found the CNN article on Twitter. What do you think that means?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>How about you? What&#8217;s your score and what&#8217;s your story?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I found this simple 15-question questionnaire linked to a CNN article on Facebook addiction. It was written by Paula Pile, a marriage and family therapist who practices in Greensboro, North Carolina. 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