Psychological Disorders Affecting Bloggers & Social Media Addicts

by Scott Beale on May 22, 2008 · 10 comments

Web 2.0 Expo 2008

The Online Journalism Blog has outlined (here and here) some of the common psychological disorders that often affect bloggers and social media addicts. Examples include “Twitter Rage”, “Meme Orphanism” and “User Account Phantasm”.

Recently the beta launch of the popular new invite-only web service Pheltup has been causing some people to suffer from “Social Network Exclusion Anxiety”.

If you are aware of any other disorders like these, please report your findings.

photo by Scott Beale

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1 BillyWarhol May 22, 2008 at 12:22 pm

LOLLLLLLL I think Flipping da Bird pretty much sums up the whole Sordid Mess that is Web2.0 Social Networking!!

Too Funny* + thx fer my Daily Laff i needed dat*

;)) Billy “Overly SELF-Promotional” Warhol Peace*

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2 Bonnie May 22, 2008 at 1:51 pm

I am suffering from Twitter Rage even as I write this!

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3 Patrick May 22, 2008 at 4:26 pm

I think the fine gentleman in the picture above is reporting my findings for me. Thanks, Mike!

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4 karen May 23, 2008 at 8:48 am

i recently joined brightkite.com & its also causing me “Social Network Exclusion Anxiety”
it’s been a week ago and no one is inviting me :-(

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5 Ken May 23, 2008 at 3:06 pm

Post-Posting Traumatic Stress Disorder, in which a blogger, Flickr photographer, or other Internet user posting major new entries may experience irregular heartbeat, excitement, remorse, dread, itchy skin, and other symptoms while waiting for follow-up responses or comments to arrive. Often accompanied by Refreshed Memory Syndrome.

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