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{{fa}}Probably the most widely used and known social networking site, almost half of Facebook's users visit it every day.<ref name="rf17405">David Disalvo, ''Are Social Networks Messing With Your Head?'', Vol 20, Issue 7, Scientific American Mind, pp. 48-50 (Jan-Feb 2010)</ref>  And some of its users spend an inordinate amount of time on Facebook, allowing the hours to wile away unnoticed, the chores to go uncompleted, and even going so far as to ignore family and friends in the actual world.<ref name="rf17406">Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Health, Five Signs that You Are Addicted to Facebook, http://articles.cnn.com/2009-04-23/health/ep.facebook.addict_1_facebook-page-facebook-world-social-networking?_s=PM:HEALTH</ref>  
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Probably the most widely used and known social networking site, almost half of Facebook's users visit it every day.<ref name="rf17405">David Disalvo, ''Are Social Networks Messing With Your Head?'', Vol 20, Issue 7, Scientific American Mind, pp. 48-50 (Jan-Feb 2010)</ref>  And some of its users spend an inordinate amount of time on Facebook, allowing the hours to wile away unnoticed, the chores to go uncompleted, and even going so far as to ignore family and friends in the actual world.<ref name="rf17406">Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Health, Five Signs that You Are Addicted to Facebook, http://articles.cnn.com/2009-04-23/health/ep.facebook.addict_1_facebook-page-facebook-world-social-networking?_s=PM:HEALTH</ref>  
  
 
While "Facebook addiction" or "Facebook addiction disorder" are not medically approved terms, the reality of addictive behaviors on Facebook are a growing problem for many Facebook users, and one that therapists are seeing more frequently in their patients.<ref name="rf17406" />  
 
While "Facebook addiction" or "Facebook addiction disorder" are not medically approved terms, the reality of addictive behaviors on Facebook are a growing problem for many Facebook users, and one that therapists are seeing more frequently in their patients.<ref name="rf17406" />