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Is there any actual evidence that using facebook (or other 'distractions') decreases productivity significantly?
Perhaps we're getting the direction of causation wrong and employees who are least able to generate work in a given time spend their idle time on facebook. (Subjectively I've found that when I block facebook etc but aren't productive I end up staring into space or finding other methods of distraction, but when I'm feeling especially inspired all the wonders of the internet cannot distract me.)
What evidence would distinguish these two possibilities?
Select arbitrary productivity metric. Select people in a controlled environment (like cubicles). Randomly assign their IP addresses to a correctly configured DNS server or a DNS server with a faulty entry for 'facebook.com'. See if there is a difference.