They spend 1,000 hours a year chatting to constituents , friends and even complete strangers on the social networking site.

据统计，英国议员每年花费一千个小时和选民，朋友，甚至素不相识的陌生人通过“推特”社交网络交流。

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Did you know that on average, an employee loses about 81 minutes of productivity to web based distractions such as engaging in social networking site and chatting online on a daily basis.

你知道，平均雇员损失约81分钟的生产力，基于网络的干扰，如从事社交网站和网上聊天每天。

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Is there any time left for traditional human interaction in a world where chatting, instant messaging, emoticons, social networking, cell phones and VoIP calls are teenagers' vocabulary's main words?

对于现在的年轻人来说，聊天，即时通讯，网络，电话，IP通话，已经成为他们的口头禅，难道还有任何时间留给他们去进行别的任何互动吗？

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"Chatting people up at networking events is of limited value, but obtaining introductions is the key to getting the ear of the people they want to reach, " Konstantin Guericke, co-founder of LinkedIn.com, told CNN.

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And finally, an auto-chatting "chick" on social networking website Renren is the latest fad to trigger concerns about introversion and online addiction among youngsters, Guangzhou Daily reports.

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We do this with discourse on Facebook, chatting on Twitter, joining business networking groups, getting together for chick-talk and in the process, help to keep one another focused in ways men find difficult to pattern.

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