DISQUS

Evan · 10 months ago

LOL....they aren't factoring in the business and networking that can be accomplished. But I do tend to relate to employees wasting time and money on too much social networking...

Tim Levad · 10 months ago

Jake, there could not possibly be a better way to describe the disdain that traditional media like Time Inc have for social media than "Get off my lawn syndrome". You sir, win my quote of the day award. Thank you.

Chris Giddens · 10 months ago

I wrote mine at home, so they can take a few minutes off their calculations... Oh and I know other folks who got the internets at home.

desabol · 10 months ago

Jake,

I am definitely with you on this and share Chris's thoughts about where folks access the interwebs from. Why does traditional media always assume that people only use social media/social networking sites at work. Most people, myself included, take time after working hours to do these things on our own time (e.g. after work) so I think it's an unfair generalization. The next thing you know there will be a follow up article on the lost productivity involved with using the restroom during working hours. Just another case of a myopic viewpoint being used to broad-brush a topic without thorough analysis or evaluation of what is being talked about. I wonder how much time was wasted reading the Time magazine article. Furthermore I wonder how much time will be spent commenting on the article. I think Time is just suffering from envy - they want discussion to take place but they want it to revolve around their articles and on their site not anyplace else.

Andromeda · 10 months ago

This reminds me of a joke my husband loves to tell. What happens to that statition who enters a pool of an average depth of 3 feet? He drowns.