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Tue 05 May 2007Bebo or be damned is today's teenage choiceTeen Times Sam MealyAs a self-confessed Bebo junkie, it's difficult for me to be impartial when viewing the internet addiction that afflicts most people of my age. However, despite this bias, it puts me in a good position to comment on what I perceive to be the problems of the system.My main problem with networking sites such as Bebo and MySpace is not that they are the perennial time-wasters of my average day, but that they have morphed into one monstrous popularity contest between their various users.