How to tell if your obsession with FarmVille is a major problem: http://www.yourtango.com/201064181/social-media-addiction-are-you-risk<br /><br />Presenting A YourTango After School Special "Please Stop Using Social Media, Mom": Do you count Foursquare, Farmville and Digg among your best friends? You may be addicted to social media! Don't become a statistic! Look out for these telltale signs that you're way too glued to your phone.<br /><br />[TRANSCRIPT]<br /><br />A YourTango after school special. We now return to ‘Please Stop Using Social Media, Mom’.<br /><br />Hahahaha, so re-tweetable. You birds are angry aren’t you?!<br /><br />Oh, excuse me. I’m so sorry I did not mean to interrupt.<br /><br />It’s okay, it’s cool. We’re just doing a few lines of twitter. Barbara, just tried a little Foursquare. <br /><br />One more time? I’ll be the mayor. <br /><br />Wanna bump Karen? It’s no Biggy. <br /><br />Oh, I don’t know. I mean-<br /><br />Don’t be a baby! Your kids are probubaly doing it. <br /><br />Come on its just one little tweet. <br /><br />Oh, okay. One wouldn’t hurt right?<br /><br />You can use my account honey. I’m clean. See that wasn’t so bad was it?<br /><br />I just put in that I ate a Tuna Fish sandwich today.<br /><br />Well, Discophil already retweeted you. <br /><br />And Garyglitter22 wants to know if it had pickles. <br /><br />What are you doing?<br /><br />Uh, nothing honey nothing!<br /><br />Farmville?! I thought you said this was an experiement; a one time thing! Two Thousand dollars in farm cash?! We were saving that for <br />money for Dereck’s space camp!<br /><br />I just need three more cow stands! Just three more!<br /><br />You’re just out of control! I’m logging you out!<br /><br />No! My golden chicken! You can’t-<br /><br />Honey, look. I am here for you and if you wanna go to a real farm I’ll take you!<br /><br />You just don’t get it Dan! What do you know!? You don’t even have any followers.<br /><br />We’re leaving Karen.<br /><br />Hahaha, yes. <br /><br />Let me know when you’re ready to talk face to face.<br /><br />Omg! Aplusk just followed me! Ugh, false alarm he just retweeted. What!<br /><br />Why aren’t you accepting my friendship!? Come on! I like this and I like this and I like this. Dereck! What happened to you? Oh, hold on I have a DM. The same thing that happened to you… mom. Oh De- Hold on I have another one. ‘I’m falling, head towards the ground now. I’m almost on the ground now. And, I’m feeling like I’m wireless. I’m such a terrible, terrible, mother! No! Oh, hold on. I have another one. <br /><br />Oh.<br /><br />Who are you?<br /><br />I’m tweetsie. The responsible user social media bird and I’m here to tell you, you should take a break every once and while. You need to set aside time for social media instead of checking in all day like a Dodo bird. Take a quick trip outside! Maybe dip your feet in a cool glass of OJ and enjoy your friends. Remember, don’t tweet the whole away and keep the social media fatigue at bay. <br /><br />Thanks Tweetsie!<br /><br />Paid for by the Greater Long Island Society for Internet responsibility. <br /><br />Remember, Karen, I love you and I won’t have to post that on your wall. I am here for you in person. <br /><br />I know I can learn to like things in real life again. Did I just laugh out loud? Dan! I just laughed out loud!<br /><br />Just one quick dig. Oh, daddy like boing, boing. <br /><br />What do you know you don’t have any followers, dammit!<br /><br />I’m very disheveled. It’s very non John Tesh, right now.<br /><br />Okay, it’s good!<br /><br />It really affects the whole family.<br /><br />It really does! We need some group family counseling. It’s gonna be really hard. It’s a rough go but we’re gonna do it.<br /><br />If you wanna got to a real farm I can take you. <br /><br />You should totally get on train yard or angry birds. Make those little piggies pay! Damn you Zuckerburg! Introducing, Spat Solver!<br /><br />STARRING<br />Penelope Lagos<br />Pamela Bell<br />Tom Miller<br />Michael Camerlengo<br />and<br />@FakeStache as<br />Dan's Mustache<br /><br />Voice of Tweetsie<br />Ralph Byers<br /><br />Directed and Edited by<br />Kevin Osgood<br /><br />Written by <br />Ophira Eisenberg<br /><br />Associate Producer<br />Tom Miller<br /><br />Production Assistant<br />Michael Nebab<br /><br />Make-up and Hair<br />Daniela Shappee<br /><br />SPECIAL THANKS TO<br />Sarah Harrison<br />Genevieve Lill<br />Lyz Lenz<br />Brett Shamosh<br />Jamie Shamosh<br /><br />Follow YourTango:<br />Web: http://www.yourtango.com<br />Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/YourTango<br />Twitter: http://www.yourtango.com<br />Photo: http://weheartit.com/entry/106193243/
