I'm connected to facebook all day but it don't really think it has a effect on my productivity, if it wasn't facebook I whould have find something else not to work.
Joe Grossberg
· 2 years ago
Eh, that's a myth.
Like Giom says, people would do other stuff (smoke, IM, chat at the water cooler, check ESPN).
And I don't think it hurts productivity to let people take a break and then resume work.
Ted Suzman
· 2 years ago
Yeah, like Joe and Giom said, FB probably mostly just replaces addictinggames.com, etc
And is it even a waste? It might cost employers, but it also increases social capital; the world may be better off in ways GDP doesn't immediately reflect.
David
· 2 years ago
It depends what you mean by "time spent on facebook"...out of all the browser windows I have open, one is probably Facebook, but actively interacting with that window is probably no more than 20 mins a day
acafourek
· 2 years ago
The original publication actually valued it at $4 billion, most blogs reported it yesterday at $5 billion, and today the trend is $6 billion...I just think its funny to see the inflation rate on the story.
I spend 1-2 hours split into many 5-10 minute visits. Initially I was exploring the apps. Now, it is just to keep track of what friends are doing.
Francesco
· 2 years ago
Damn, I spend like 5-6 hours on facebook.. its start like, lets just see one second if any body posted pics and then it becomes hours.. really, facebook has taken at list 90% of my internet browsing, I dont even check the blogs (like engadget, mashable..) that I use to check... even now Im on facebook!
daiski
· 2 years ago
I read this blog and other Facebook news everyday and still don't use the platform, except for browsing applications. It's a disease and kills the productivity of everyone around me, more than the TV! Go write some code...make something!
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Like Giom says, people would do other stuff (smoke, IM, chat at the water cooler, check ESPN).
And I don't think it hurts productivity to let people take a break and then resume work.
And is it even a waste? It might cost employers, but it also increases social capital; the world may be better off in ways GDP doesn't immediately reflect.
Check our Mashable's post for a good analysis of why it is a wretched study:
http://mashable.com/2007/08/20/facebook-product...
And of course I have to shamelessly plug my own post:
http://andrewcafourek.com/2007/08/20/fight-the-...