Sometime it is not worth spending a lot of time in social networks. Many of us check our Facebook and Twitter accounts several times a day, just in case someone has said something important - or simply because we're bored. But it's a rather pointless way of occupying our time. Social media can be useful, but it's become rather too prime in our lives. Here are some reasons to spend less time on social media. 1. IT'S NOT SOCIABLE One of the reasons to spend less time on social media is that, despite the name, it's often not that sociable at all. Have you ever spent the evening watching your friends scrolling through their phone rather than talking to you? People are too busy posting pictures of their evening out to actually enjoy the evening properly.



2. BECOMES ADDICTIVE Social media can become very addictive. You check it frequently just to see if there are any interesting updates from your friends; there is rarely anything that you really need to see, but you keep checking anyway. We're so afraid of missing something, as if there might be an update of vital importance … there won't be.



3. UNIMPORTANT The vast majority of what people post on social media (that means all of us) is completely unimportant. Even our friends probably aren't that interested in most of our updates. You won't miss anything by checking social media dozens of times every day: But the interactive nature of social media encourages us to keep checking in and posting our pointless updates. 4. TIME WASTER Social media is a terrible time waster, what with the funny videos and uninteresting updates. You look to see what people have posted, then feel the need to reply, then look to see if they've posted in response to your post … What did we do before social media when we wanted to kill time or avoid the things we really should be doing?



5. RISKS As well as being a time waster, social media can carry risks. It's all too easy to get caught up in online arguments and fall out with friends. There's also the risk that people can find out too much information about you, even if you've paid attention to your privacy settings.
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