Are You Addicted to Twitter? [INFOGRAPHIC]

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Sam Laird
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Are You Addicted to Twitter? [INFOGRAPHIC]
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Celebrities have tried to kick the habit, yet failed. College students have copped to social media addiction. Research has shown that people may have a harder time resisting Twitter than alcohol, sleep and sex.

Half of Twitter users log in to the network every day, and they tweet a ton. During Super Bowl XVLI in February, two moments landed in the tweets-per-second record book. Location and language are becoming less important; the network is now available in 28 languages and recently added Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew and Urdu to the list. A Kenyan chief even tweets in Swahili to help promote peace and order in his district.

That ubiquity and utility has caused dependence in many, though. The infographic below provides a nice summary. OnlineSchools.com culled research and reporting from a number of sources -- including Mashable -- to show just how attached we've all become to Twitter. Check it out and see if the findings hit a little too close to home.

Are you addicted to Twitter? Are you addicted to other social networks? Let us know in the comments.

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