I am afraid i would disaggree about the above statetement, as I enjoy interaction with scientists / researches in various fields all over the world. Without existence of RG, this could have not happened. I feel the time spend with every single members and their priceless works are QUALITY time.

لا بأس في وقت يحقق الفائدة مادام يتعلق بتبادل الخبرات والتجارب العلمية والاطلاع على آراء الباحثين

Yes I agree

I could not agree more, absolutely true!

I think the friendship between us on the RG is "contagious" and takes away every our free hour.

Beautiful words!

Best wishes,

Litart

Yes, rightly speaking!

There is nothing wrong with organizing time daily to communicate with researchers.

I am afraid i would disaggree about the above statetement, as I enjoy interaction with scientists / researches in various fields all over the world. Without existence of RG, this could have not happened. I feel the time spend with every single members and their priceless works are QUALITY time.

I am glad that you have different thinking. So according to this, there is no "danger" for us scientists/researches , so we can continue with our fellowship.

Yes sure

Well, even real friendships have their boundaries why not the virtual world :)

It is addictive! But in a good way though... It is all about time management and self-control!

Building friendships is a time-consuming process

I won't say it takes away all our free time. Rather, it's a much welcome respite after hours and hours of intense brainstorm and works.

Very interesting question.

When we talk regarding the friendship we should not divert our mind only in our activities of RG . RG is the part of the program of our mind ,intelligence,brain which may help us to divert our knowledge to the other members .

Our activities for RG we should not become addiction for our program & as such the word contagious should come in the way of our knowledge . For our friends we have to mark our friendship both in relation & for other friend in need is a friend indeed .

This is my personal opinion

I think for some people there is a tendency to become caught up in forum activity,whatever format that may take,and we do have to be careful not to divert too much time(assuming we have it!).

However,the other side of this is the links we forge here,and the ways in which we can add to others work.

RG family now.

I agree with you

Respected, thank you for your answers. I hope that every answer will help us in building our attitude regarding the topic we are discussing.

Good to look at the positive side of such RG interactions,

Firstly RG is not a platform for friendship and very much unlike other so-called social media where "friend"ship/followership can be made, continued, intensified including all possibilities of making "unfriend" or "unfollow" a friend/person.

It is, rather, a forum to share, interact, debate, comment on some selective issues depending on interest of individual RG members. In course of time, some informal groups having common interest may be formed.

Regarding its contagiousness or power of taking away free hours from us, all I can say that I beg to differ from this kind of straightway statement. It depends more on our way of managing time towards using this group and doing things positively rather than to passing time aimlessly without any focussed goal.

Perhaps it would be more appropriate if you substituted in your question the word contagious to addicting.

This is a group for professionals: adults, intelligent and matured people. I believe each can decide for his/herself.

Thank you for all your answers to the question. Really interesting considerations.

I am very happy to be in RG. It's the only place I enjoy hanging out in social media. I'm interacting scientists from all over the world. It makes me happy, too.

Well, Prof. Elizabeta Hristovska. Yes, It is like addiction, but the distinctive type of it.

I am very pleased with your interest in my questions. Thank you sincerely and I wish you success in the work you are doing or planning to do.

Thanks to all who follow my question, and especially to those who are trying to answer the question. Believe me, your support is very important to me.

I feel the same

Thank you Dr. Elizabeta

For me, research gate could be defined as a platform where we can question about any issue and get answers of what we were been searching for years. I wonder to read about "those" who have deleted their profile.

It's a very good platform to share academic issues and research

the friendship between us on the RG is useful for us. But it

takes away 1-1,5 hours a day.

Nope , I like my space and RG I think gave me mine so I like to maintain the rest :)

I think friendship is the best thing

I think so

Friendship can be consolidated both scientifically and socially on this marvellous platform.

You don't need to delete your contributions, just have a break and return when you need more contacts with colleagues.

The recognition of researchers is an important achievement in the field of research as well as the exchange of experiences with others and the development of research capacity

I don't think so. As adult and researchers, we should be able to plan and use our time wisely.

Time allocation for RG is rather better use, as well as organizing the times of the day through a calendar that will overcome addiction in all areas.

I agree that to some people RG score is becoming a major issue which leads to addiction.

I do agree with our colleague Dr. Hazim Al Dilaimy point of view.

I think so

Yes, It is well said by Dr. Hazim Al Dilaimy

Dear my followers, thank you for your attention and your spending time on this issue.

Dear my followers, thank you for your attention and your spending time on this issue.

Gratitude for all answers to this question and for pay attention to me.

I have gained many excellent friendships with my RG colleagues, so that leads to mutual academic activities....

Enjoy interaction with researchers from around the world and share scientific activities.

Thank you for the time you spent on me and my question. You know, you have caused my attention to you too. Greetings to all of you, my dear.

No, I don't think so.

Dear followers of my questions, I would like to thank you today for the spent time and the expressed opinion on above mentioned question.

There is no danger if you do not overindulge. Just like you can be a social drinker and bot become an alcoholic, you can spend your time wisely in RG, gain knowledge by interaction with colleagues and sharing and not exhibit symptoms of addiction.

CONNECTING WITH THEM = LIFE-CHANGING

Thank you for the answers. Some of your answers confirm my thinking on the issue, but some make me think if I am right.

Really very interesting answers. I thank you all. I will not make an injection with any of you, because everyone has an opinion that I really respect.

Actually the format of RG is as bad as FB. That’s why I don’t use FB. If RG is really concerned about research it should stop the scoring and encourage really meaningful discussions. Non-scientific questions are being asked just to increase the RG score.

I don’t think

I think RG interaction with scientists and researchers is very interesting and valuable. It is a way to connect the researchers all over the world.

I think

I enjoy interaction with scientists in various fields all over the world. , this could have not happened Without existence of RG.

Thank you dear, for your attention and for your consideration regarding my question.

I support your thinking.

I am glad that I kept your attention with this my question. I thank you all. I respect each other's opinions.

Elizabeta Hristovska

I think RG friendship is so good.

Yes we have got spend much time

Great gratitude to all my RG friends who are supporters of my questions and my other engagement on this web portal.

Elizabeta Hristovska

A really exciting idea I believe that the results of relations depend on our commitment to honesty, mutual trust, positive thinking and dedication to the values ​​that make man and lead him to the best always

Greetings to you

My dear followers, you again gave me pleasure by paying attention to this question.

Interesting question and answers.

Iam Interesting in article, answer and qustions.

It is a pleasure to see that you have kept someone's attention. Thank you for the answers. Greetings to all of you.

I thank you all. You gave me pleasure with your interest in this my question.

I agree with Emre

Friendship on RG is something interesting.

I agree with Emre

Every person is entitled to his or her own opinion. I guess this is just a mere obsession by the observer. Those who fancy the interaction will continue while those are opposed to it will discontinue.

It's a wonderful feeling that I keep your attention with my questions.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for your comments. I expect new ones, so that we can more faithfully form our own opinion on the topic.

Communication in all its conditions is useful and non-contagious.

The best friendship ever

Really interesting answers. In my opinion, everyone has the right to own an opinion on the above question. I respect that.

RG gives us too much for our existence and professional development to be criticized. Of course, the same as with virtual Internet deals, everybody should impose himself reasonable limits...

Thanks to all of you who dedicate part of your free time to my question. Your various answers stimulate my thinking on the subject. I'm glad to get information from people from different countries of the world.

I use RG an hour in the evening, between news and some evening movie. I don't think that I am addicted, easily can let it go for even weeks, if I am in different situations, e.g. travelling.

Dear colleagues,

Thanks for all your answers and all your tips. I hope this is useful not only for me, but for all others who follow my questions. By "socializing with you within the question" now I really have a different sense of the topic we are discussing.

I think communication without addiction would be useful

Best Regards Elizabeta Hristovska

Thank you all for the interesting answers. It is a pleasure to read your views on the topic. I wish to keep your interest. Greetings to all of you.

It can give us goals, and our abilities will be improved in the process.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I am glad that in these warm days I have kept your attention to my questions. I will not argue with you all about your answers because I respect every opinion, I will just give you a big thank you. Greetings from me to all of you