Constantly Checking Your Inbox? Email Addiction Explained

[LadyRuin2012]

I only check email once a day.

[GanonTheOctorok]

Better grab your WEPON

[Ducky1987]

I love how this pop-writers put together a book based on something you could learn in Psychology 101.

[RichardBLongly]

Well put. I was hoping there was going to be more to it. B\

[ileverette]

@Ducky1987 I'm addicted to god, and christ, hope my dopamine receptors can handle it. And on the bright side, even if the don't, I still have god. Now where did I put him again? Just kidding I know where he is. Here, and there. I think I might get addicted to posting about jesus on this you tube sight. Or not. Bye:)

[Dehlvien]

@ileverette Why do you have to go around posting about your make-believe friend? Make's you sound a bit crazy. :)

[freesk8]

I'm addicted to e-mail.

I had to resist the urge to check it while this video was playing.

[isegoria1]

I tried for more than 40 minutes to watch this video. It is now that I understand that 3:07 is the single best part of the video. What a waste of time.

"The world is thinking"? Damn straight it is. It is thinking that YouTube's performance is so poor that it could by the narrowest margin, beat a telegraph.

[hoomelemele1]

Is this subject to be taken seriously?

[oayia]

absolutely, there are good studies on this sort of stuff

[isegoria1]

This video should be name "constantly refreshing" I have tried to watch this video 6 times with no avail and YouTube still can't manage to pull their head out of ass.

This site has gone downhill since google took it. They should not mess with stuff they know nothing of.

[thpt]

Fascinating. No wonder people look at me like I'm crazy when I tell them I don't have popups or a cell phone. I'm deliberately not buying in. Shame on me!

[JasonMelancon]

For me, it's YouTube subscriptions. You don't get a notification when someone you're subscribed to uploads a video. You have to keep checking back. I'm sure YouTube uses this theory of variable interval reinforcement to increase their visit count, which increases their ad revenue.

[soundscapenyc]

good point. however, if you subscribe to many channels who upload new videos quite frequently- having your email inbox flooded with automated messages from youtube could be a real drag as well.

[RichardBLongly]

You don't get a notification on your channel page, but if you're logged in and go to the home page, by clicking on the YouTube logo, you should have a box for your subscriptions that gets updated. B\

[burntonion05]

I am going to check my mail and I will brb

[Muchodelcrazy]

Interesting. Makes sense, too. He needs better public speaking skills, tho

[planetdarwin]

I thought he did fine... but then I'm worn out by what used to be considered good speaking.

[Muchodelcrazy]

Well, he wasn't awful, he just doesn't have a very strong speaking voice sometimes and he stumbled a few times.