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The new internet addictions...
20/12/2006 12:17 - (SA)
Paris - The internet has given birth to a quirky range of modern addictions and maladies, the British weekly New Scientist says in its Christmas issue published this Saturday.
They include these:
Ego-surfing: When you frequently check your name and reputation on the internet.
Blog streaking: "Revealing secrets or personal information online which for everybody's sake would be best kept private."
Crackberry: "The curse of the modern executive: not being able to stop checking your BlackBerry, even at your grandmother's funeral." (A BlackBerry is a popular handheld device that can be used for phoning, e-mailing and web-browsing).
Google-stalking: Defined as "snooping online on old friends, colleagues or first dates".
Cyberchondria: "A headache and a particular rash at the same time? Extensive online research tells you it must be cancer."
Photolurking: Flicking through a photo album of someone you've never met.
Wikipediholism: Excess devotion to contributing to the online collaborative encyclopaedia, Wikipedia. (Wikipedia even has a page where you can test whether you're an addict: Test).
Cheesepodding: Downloading of a song "so cheesy that you could cover it in plastic wrap and sell it at the deli counter." Cheesepodders are especially vulnerable to soft-rock favourites from the 1970s.
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