According to Boyd and Ellison (2007), social network sites are defined to be as:
“web-based services that allow individuals to (1) …show more content…
Some of the activities can consume so much of the person’s attention that it can lead to addiction already. According to Young, SNSs addiction is classified as cyberrelationship addiction, which is defined to be as “an addiction to online relationships” since the nature and primary reason of SNSs is to promote and preserve offline and online relations (Kuss and Griffiths, 2011). Young, a clinical psychologist, also considered this to be a disorder such as what he described to be a “Facebook Addiction Disorder” or more generally called “SNS Addiction Disorder” due to symptoms displayed by the afflicted that included “neglect of personal life, mental preoccupation, escapism, mood modifying experiences, tolerance, and concealing the addictive