[xixi77]

Now, let's see how long it takes until we see until someone cites this as evidence that social networking cause poor functioning :)

[TeMPOraL]

I'm bookmarking this thread for exactly that purpose.

My bet: before the end of next month someone will cite it on HN as evidence that social network cause poor functioning.

[mrdrozdov]

To clarify, this document's argument is actually that poor functioning is associated with higher levels of social networking?

[Cakez0r]

The point is that 'associated with' definitely does not mean 'causes'. But somebody will probably try to use this paper as evidence of a causal link.