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Facebook use 'makes people feel worse about themselves'

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Re: Facebook use 'makes people feel worse about themselves'

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Post by visakanv »

I was a heavy power user of Facebook for a couple of years, spending lots of time crafting witty status updates, getting into extensive arguments and discussions. It became like a game- I lived for the Likes and Shares and the red notification at the top of the screen.

I didn't realize how bad it was until I finally disengaged, deactivated my account. I've been off for about 2 months now and I feel like a different person. It feels vaguely like quitting smoking- you don't realize what "normal" is until you're away from it all.

The greatest thing is witnessing my thoughts enter a "longer wavelength" where I'm not so obsessed with being witty and clever all the time. I have more time and space to work on actual problems. It's great.

Hope this was useful or relevant to someone.

Re: Facebook use 'makes people feel worse about themselves'

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Post by aldous »

visakanv wrote: post #71

I was a heavy power user of Facebook for a couple of years, spending lots of time crafting witty status updates, getting into extensive arguments and discussions. It became like a game- I lived for the Likes and Shares and the red notification at the top of the screen. I didn't realize how bad it was until I finally disengaged, deactivated my account. I've been off for about 2 months now and I feel like a different p…

This resonates with me. Twitter was my compulsion, until I realised what an absolute time sink it had become, whilst equally becoming an increasingly inane and frustrating experience. I logged out and never went back (almost 2 years has passed I think) without the slightest inclination to return.

Re: Facebook use 'makes people feel worse about themselves'

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Post by rlpb »

threeseed wrote: post #41
karpathy wrote: post #13

82 participants. 3 participants did not complete. 1 person excluded as inconsistent > 4SD. Study comes down to: Participants were text-messaged 5 times per day between 10am and midnight over 14-days. """ Each text-message contained a link to an online survey, which asked participants to answer five questions using a slider scale: (1) How do you feel right now? (very positive [0] to very negative [100]; M = 37.47, SD…

I would go easy on the BBC here. The article's title was an accurate summation of the study and they obtained a qualified, third party person to comment on the study. It's hardly going to win a press award but it is definitely newsworthy.

I don't see how your first sentence relates to your second. Whether the BBC accurately reported on the study doesn't have any bearing on whether the study is newsworthy in the first place.
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