Is the social actually making us anti-social?

This is something I know has been talked about. I am just now waking up to the idea of it having some truth.

Are the social networks actually making us anti-social?

I only signed up for the social net work FB for one reason.. that one reason was that there were going to be a few of us 3-5 have a place that we could have a "study" log for a class.  I went on saying that is it that is all no more.. lots less..  Only 3 people signed onto this group, myself and one other . Oh and the one that wanted the group. He i suppose vanished in the the realm of the social part of this network as he never posted. so the study group was dead soon after its birth.

So in this short time my kids wanted me to add them as friends.. slowly over the last few years I have had up to 300 friends, I cannot even tell you who 99% of them are. They are there a link to me somehow.. friend and family long forgotten , newly found. these are wonderful diamond in the rough.. yes in deed..

Over time I started to get some requests for friendship.. who are you I think to myself.. okay take a look see why they may want to be your friend. AH they have NF (neurofibromatosis) okay ADD.. Church friend..okay ADD.. kids friends.. okay ADD.. Hi I am (so and so) I am an amputee.. KEWL ADD..the snow ball is now a snow MAN as tall as the sears building. That is in my little mind.

So okay now have this list of friends.. I am not sure which son showed me.. glad he did.. at that time.. the game applications.. Something that a recovering addict like myself should have a WARNING DO NOT CLICK HERE sign attached. So I jump..Okay HOP (no comments from the peanut gallery) into these applications (APS).. slowly only thinking are my crops ready, do I need to feed the animals, is the food burnt..The laundry can wait.. eat.. right after I.. seed the farm..

A bright light came on this last week.. was it because I have over 100 books that I have gotten at the local lib. book store for the price of what 2 would cost.. Is it the weather outside.. could it be this or that.. OR am I seeing that I spend more time online then I do sleeping.. So I decided to take a summer vacation.. I turned off all my applications.. dared others to do so to... that is up to them .. them to evaluate for themselves if they are becoming anti social like I feel I am.