Since you are reading this entry, there is a great possibility that you are suffering from infomania. Who are at risk? Well, anybody who has an internet connection and a mobile phone.

It may sound good to you but it isn't. According to Hewlett Packard, infomania can reduce our IQ score by as much as 10 points. Basically, infomania is a state of mental distress by a fusion of some factors including technology.

Social networking makes us dumber? Ah-hah.

So what are the danger signs? Here's an awesome checklist...

• You find yourself checking your emails on the weekend, your day off or even on holiday and nothing can stop you.
• You might interrupt a dinner party or business meeting to respond to a text message or answer a call and are quite happy to do so.
• Infomaniacs are often avid social networkers hovering for extended periods of time around sites such as Digg, MySpace, YouTube, Bebo, Stumbleupon, Facebook, Flickster and Twitter to name but a few.
• You may have several profiles on different sites that you find hard to keep up with so you neglect one or two as your interests and social networks change.
• Blogging is a popular pursuit where serious Infomaniacs can spill out their views and opinions to anyone that happens to pass by. Fellow Infomaniacs can review and rate their work, some will leave critical comments, others positive encouragement but all serve to perpetuate social networking and distract us from other tasks.
• You neglect family and friends in order to keep up with the sheer volume of information you feel you need to process and keep up with on a daily basis.
• You send your email or message and lo and behold there is no response whatsoever so you continually check and recheck for a reply.