Yes, Internet can be informative, interesting, funny, unique, shocking and even a time waster. I am the prime example where I end up wasting time more than doing useful. Its very easy to get distracted while working online. Here I list some of the prime time wasters available on the internet:
- Social networking Communities – I will reason this as the biggest time waster. Thankfully, I don’t use them. Orkut is the biggest of them. And adding more are Facebook and MySpace.
- Forums – Yes sometimes they can be a timewaster. Once you start browsing, it gets difficult to leave a forum. For me Digit Forum is addictive.
- Messengers – They can be distractive. But thankfully they have a option of being invisible.
- Firefox – Don’t be surprised. Firstly I am not pointing Firefox as singular. But I am pointing to all tabbed browsers. And unfortunately there are only limited non-tabbed browsers available. So If you are working, I would suggest you to use IE 6. Its so easy to browse sites using tabs, that I get carried away and the original useful tab gets lost.
- Emails – Well, if you are the type who get a lot of forwarded funny mails, this can also contribute to a time waster on the net. Thankfully, I am not a part of such a group.
So what are the things which waste your time? And how do you manage to deal with them? I would love to hear your side.
PS: I have not linked to any site mentioned in the post. Do I need to? Else you will visit the sites and keep time wasting. :twisted:
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August 24, 2009 at 10:34 pm
Your post is great but doesn't get into any specific sites, one that I've found just a few days ago is called (not sure if I can post this) http://www.onepageoneworld.com. Talk about wasting hours on this site. It's full of tiny little pictures, more than I've ever seen on one site. I have to be careful cause I've gotten into the habit of looking at it at work.
November 26, 2008 at 2:56 am
Yes, there’s alot of things that can be labeled as time wasters on the internet, but they are interesting and we like them, so we don’t see them as real time wasters. More like mind absorbers.
March 28, 2008 at 9:59 pm
I WaStE mY Time MoStLy In chaTTing :arrow: EveN MAKINg GaGs Out oF pEOPLe!!!{ :razz: ]
February 11, 2008 at 2:22 am
I put online games,especially mmporgs,at the first rank.Because I used to play Wow and guild wars for more than 10 hours a day.MY cousins left school due to a game.
January 11, 2008 at 4:07 pm
I personally hate orkut, facebook, myspace, and all those social bookmarking sites. I also dont like to chat. I guess I dont waste as much time! :lol:
October 4, 2007 at 4:35 pm
Thanks for reminding me about porn. I almost forgot it since I don’t use it much. :mrgreen: Yeah whatever you call it maybe addiction or time waster, it ultimately spoils time and hampers work.
October 4, 2007 at 4:33 pm
Btw : read this “Stop Wasting Time Online” : http://howto.wired.com/wiredhowtos/index.cgi?page_name=stop_wasting_time_online;action=display;category=Work
October 4, 2007 at 4:30 pm
You covered pretty much of internet with that 5 points. Oh, you forgot p0rn. But I think you’re wrong – you allow yourself to become addicted with something, it’s not firefox/email/forums fault. And it’s the way internet worx …
October 4, 2007 at 6:21 am
I totally agree with your Firefox item there. I force myself to use IE at work as well just because FF is so functional and it’s so easy to browse and enjoy browsing especially with some of the add-ons you can get (like StumbleUpon, which brought me here).
It’s funny that IE 6 helps me focus because of its lack of functionality.
October 4, 2007 at 5:45 am
Man, basically everything on teh inturweb is a time-waster.
October 4, 2007 at 5:23 am
Guilty of 4 & 5. Well, It’s more like StumbleUpon+Firefox. Reading emails and RSS feeds take up my time, too.
October 2, 2007 at 1:18 am
Well Nice list…
And seems these days I am wasting too much time on Orkut and Chattin (Its too addictive.) :wink:
In all these I even don’t get time to visit our beloved Digit forum. :cry:
Well yeah..I also seems to waste lots of time reading RSS feeds I subscribed(23 websites) :mrgreen: . And yeah finding warez stuff also take a lotta time. :razz: