Social networking addicts updating from bed, bathroom

17.03.2010
How many times a day to you feel the need to check in on or ? Would you interrupt dinner to do it? Would you interrupt a date to do it?

If you answer yes to any of those questions, you might just be a .

Social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter are occupying more and more of users' time, according to a released Wednesday by Retrevo Inc, a consumer electronics shopping and review site.

Andrew Eisner, Retrevo's director of Community and Content, noted in a blog post that the recent survey of 1,000 Americans showed that with trading information with their friends, family and co-workers.

The Retrevo Gadgetology study shows that 48% of those polled say they update Facebook or Twitter during the night or as soon as they wake up. And 19% of people under the age of 25 say they update Facebook or Twitter anytime they happen to wake up during the night; 11% over the age of 25 say they do the same thing.

The study also noted that 42% check Facebook or Twitter first thing in the morning, with 28% of iPhone users saying they do it before they even get out of bed.