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The popular networking site Facebook, 350 million, which collectively, 10 billion minutes spent there every day members of the world, checking in with friends, people writing on the walls electronically, usually by clicking through pictures and

their social world is to keep pace with the flow. Is to 9.9 billion and change. Recently, 17 Halley Lamberson, and Monica Reed, 16, San Francisco University High School junior, signed an agreement to help each other resist the lure of entry are. Your position as well just read, “I can not be bothered.”

, Halley “We decided that we spend way too much time on Facebook and crazy it would be better if we said it took a break.

Mutual agreement, the two friends first Saturday of every month on Facebook now own logs to – and allow only that day.

Many are between two teenagers, especially girls, who presented a quandary Facebook – the number of hours every day users and college applications during this Final that say nothing is recognizable, parents, teachers and students themselves According to.

Monica and Halley, farm like some teenagers, a support group for its implementation gap Facebook. Others their accounts disabled. Yet another change their password and take control, set it back until they felt confident ahead.

Facebook does not disclose how many users the service is disabled, but a psychologist who Bradford, Pa. Director of the Center for Internet addiction recovery is Kimberly Young said he is trying to break the habit Facebook with dozens of teens have talked.

Dr. Young, “It’s like any other addiction” said. “It’s hard to wean yourself.’s”

Dr. Young said that in the absence of Facebook teens who break the computer – he addiction program came with its strategy to take with a view is appreciated.

“A lot of them are finding their balance,” he said. “It’s like an eating disorder. You can not finish eating. You just what you have made choices about eating better.” He said, “and you are online.”

, San Francisco University High School, which school to attend Haile, head of Monica and Michael Diamonti said, the role of school administrators who should be considered, since most students use Facebook at home, though excessive use affected their grades is.

Dr. Diamonti “This is such uncharted territory” said. “I recognize them in their use of Facebook, that not only is this a long time but probably does not consume anything at all to meet the need for control’m certainly in support of children.”

In October, Facebook 17 United States 54.7 percent of people reach age 12, up from 28.3 percent in October last year, Nielsen Company, according to market research firm.

Many senior high school, now in the thick of the college application process, they know the intensity of hours one link after another spent on the site.

, Took 17 innocent men, senior Royce head oakland, Calif. Schools, Pomona College for two weeks he had applied early decision to complete. Frustrated, his Facebook account disabled.

Account still exists, but others looked as if it is not done.

He said no one on and write on my wall or your profile may seem to be “said.

Habit did not die easily. Gaby said that he sit down on the computer and find that “my fingers would automatically go to Facebook.”

His coming book, “Alone together (” Basic Books, 2010), Sherry Turkle, a psychologist who Massachusetts Institute of Technology Initiative on Technology and the director himself, who took breaks from teenagers to discuss Facebook.

For a 18-year-old boy to complete a college application, Professor Turkle said, “Facebook was not just a distraction, but who he really was,” and they opted for service about spending his senior year was misleading in. He was burned out, he said, his description of himself trying to survive.

But Facebook is not easy to leave for a long time. Check one of the six reasons Deactivating a closed account – “I spend so much time one needs to use Facebook,” is. “This is temporary. I can come back,” I have one more. And this old login and password by registering an account is easy to reactivate.