Facebook is constantly an interest for teenagers and even adults.
Teens will get on it during school, sometimes while at work. Some use it as something to do when they are bored; others have an addiction.
The social networking site and its use has people sharing all different kinds of opinions. Students range from getting on five times a day to barely getting on at all.
"I get on a lot just during one hour," junior Anna Hoover said. "I have Facebook hooked up to my phone so it just seems necessary."
Many kids try talking their parents into getting Internet on their cell phones so Facebook can travel with them everywhere.
There are few who get on Facebook on their phone during school, which is why many adults think it can be a distraction.
Researchnews.com said students who use Facebook spend less time studying than those who are not signed up for it.
"When I get on a computer, my natural reaction is to open up Facebook," junior Allison Cronk said. "So if I have homework on the computer, I always somehow end up on Facebook."
"Facebook is known as procrastination’s partner in crime," junior Alyssa Jacobsen said. "I think of Facebook as something that is at the top of the list of reasons homework is missing and grades are dropping."
According to addictioninfo.org, many students are starting to see Facebook as an addiction and psychologists are starting to agree.
"Facebook always wins over homework," Hoover said.
Others agree with that statement.
There are people who can stay on for hours. There is always something to do, whether new notifications just keep popping up or Facebook "creeping" sucks the attention.
Finding out important information is what some users say they do best on Facebook.
"I find out if we are having a snow day because somehow Facebook always knows first," Hoover said.
Relationship statuses always show up in both "most recent" and "top news" categories. A person can find out how someone’s day has been just by checking Facebook.
"Personally, I think you can find out anything on Facebook even if it’s something you don’t want to know," sophomore Sydney Holland said.
"It’s kind of sad seeing what everyone puts on Facebook," freshman Mariah Fillman said. "It’s like people don’t realize that all of your friends can see what you’re putting on your status."
What someone chooses to post becomes public. Some people add anyone as a friend, leaving it open game for a stranger to find out personal information.
"I don’t want creepers creeping on my stuff; that is why I don’t add them," junior Savannah Wallace said. "I only accept people I know."
Some people don’t like to admit it and some are on the fence, while others will just come out and tell you that they are addicted.
These students also are supposedly more prone to becoming addicted to Facebook games like Farmville or Mafia Wars. Often statuses from the games are posted on their pages, too.
"I classify myself as a Facebook addict," junior Nate Botts said. "I get on at least five times a day and that is where I find out everything."
"It starts with that message; you all know it," junior Dougi Dowell said. "‘Howdy friend! Come be my friend in Farmville, where you can grow delicious fruit and vegetables on your very own farm’; this is the contract to sign your life away."