Soical+networking+games

=**Effect on Soical Networking Games**= ====Social Networking games have become a nationwide phenomenon. Three hundred million people visit facebook each day and according to Facebook CEO 40% of facebook users play the games available to them. The reason why people play them so much is because people like to feel connected to their friends and other people throughout the world. Also people believe that it is a good way to waste time. However, what people don't know is that they may think they are wasting time, however they are becoming addicted.==== ====According to one [|blog] a fifth of all people who play these social games are addicted and play to get away from reality. They have not found a reason why or have legit evidence, However, with the stories that had made the news it shows that there are addictions out there.==== ====Farmville is one of the most popular games. It's so popular that is was an area of topic on [|Dr. Phil's]show. His guest was a mom and addicted to farmville. She was more concerned with harvesting her crops then with taking care of her children. She would be on the game since when she woke up until she went to bed. Her kids would be eating microwavable meals and not living in a clean environment. Dr. Phil's advice was to delete the facebook account and get away from it all. However, this did not stop the addiction or the horror stories.====

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====[|A][|exandra Tobias] killed her three month old son because of farmiville. The reason why was because he was crying while she was playing. Alexandram became angry and started to shake her baby. It is unknown if the baby had hit his head on the computer while he was being shaken. Alexandra can be looking to 25 years to life. A life lost because of a game on the internet, someone needs to find a cure or delete the games all together.==== ====Even politicians are in on the addiction. Former[| Senator Evan Bayh]announced he was going to undergo treatment for his addiction to the game. He said that he had to decide being a senator or taking care of his fake farm. He had to look at himself and realize that he had a problem. The addiction is not just for people who stay home all day, it can happen to anyone.====

Here is a way to start to break the[| addiction]:
====1.If you haven't started playing, don't start. You don't want to end up like the people you have read about, or worse. Even if you only play for a little while there is a very high chance you won't be able to stop playing.====

5. Visit a real farm, you will be brought back to reality
====Farmville is not the only addicting game on the internet. People are addicted to other facebook games, gambling, etc. For instance my roomate I would say is addicted to family feud and the price is right. She has a whole notebook of the prices for the price is right just so that she can win.This may be only to waste time, but to me it seems as if it is addiction. I can personally say that I am addicted to bejewled blitz. I always want to try and beat people's scores and be on the top of the leaderboard. I haven't had time to play in a while but I know that when I do play I can play for a long time.==== ====The only way I believe to stop the addiction is to get rid of the games. I know that facebook would never go for this so my other option is to charge people to play the games. Facebook already charges for credits and extra crops for farmville. I think that it should be a monthly fee if you want to pay. That way people will realize how much time they are wasting and if they start to waste a ton of money then they will see that they need help. People may think that this is a silly addiction but the stories above show that it is no joke.====

Here's a video that explains the addiction, its comes off a bit of comedy but it is the best I can find although they take the story serious. It is about the lady who killed her baby over farmville.
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