Facebook makes people depressed

[Dr Frook]

Finally scientific proof showing that facebook actually rots your brain. I've been saying it for years:

According to a new study, conducted on 82 young people, spending time on Facebook can make one feel depressed. Participants in the study found that the more they used Facebook, the more unhappy they were and vice versa, the more time they spent with their friends on phone or meeting them in person made them feel better and happier.



Dr Ethan Kross, of the University of Michigan, said that findings showed how Internet affects its users. He said that Facebook provides invaluable source for fulfilling the basic human need for social connection, but it is only on surface, as use of Facebook gives the opposite result – it undermines the need.

Young people participating in the study answered five questions asked in different times during day via text messages. The technique used, “experience sampling”, is a recognised way of measuring how people feel, think and behave in their day-to-day lives. The participants answered questions on how they were feeling at the moment, were they lonely and if yes, how lonely they were, and also to what extent they had been using Facebook or interacting directly with other people.

Researchers said that study results showed that higher levels of Facebook use correlated with greater loss of well-being.

The study lasted two weeks with each participant. Participants were asked to rate their satisfaction with life at the beginning of the study and at the end. The results showed that the satisfaction declined as the use of Facebook increased.

Dr John Jonides, neuroscientist at University of Michigan, said that this result is of crucial importance as it shows the influence that social networks have on people’s lives.

The study could not confirm that people were more likely to log into Facebook when they felt bad, so a new research is planned to take a look at the psychological reasons for negative effect of Facebook on well-being.

[nyanftw]

and this is why i don't have facebook

[Shadowstar1922]

I think it's all in how you use Facebook.

I only use Facebook to chat with my close friends and make plans with them. xD

I do have a lot of pages liked, so it's basically a cool tumblr for me with no random naked pictures, and those pages I liked, make me pretty happy. O.o

And I share them with google plus and you guys.

But, most people use Facebook to post what they are doing and may try to show everyone else their life is better? Or something? And there's facebook drama and that stuff too. Not really sure how to explain it. xD

[nyanftw]

no,no,no! no excuses shad,you're addicted to facebook

[Shadowstar1922]

I'm not addicted, I rarely go on. With the exception of talking to my friends, but that's like, once every couple of days.

[Shadow00]

I never understood the concept of sharing whatever you do with others 24/7 anyways.
At least I only share it with NSA. Reading this NSA? <3

[Shadowstar1922]

I never understood the concept of sharing whatever you do with others 24/7 anyways.
At least I only share it with NSA. Reading this NSA? <3

Shadow, that is Twitter. Facebook is for events, like parties and sports events, stuff liek dat.

And nice joke.

[Lightning Orb]

Okay I am not reading all that,
But facebook is crap sometimes.
& I get depressed because its really slow,
lags my dino-computer
& everything else.
& you know what else-else?
Facebook has stalkers.
I have people from India, Pakistan, and Arabia trying to add me..
I'm in America! How did they find me?!?

[Dr Frook]

I never understood the concept of sharing whatever you do with others 24/7 anyways.
At least I only share it with NSA. Reading this NSA? <3

agreed, it takes the fun out of life if your friends know everythign you're doing. The most fun in life is actually catching up with friends and chatting about what they've been doing for the past x months.

with facebook, there is no point talking anymore.

I dont give a frook what information the NSA takes.

[Lightning Orb]

agreed, it takes the fun out of life if your friends know everythign you're doing.
.

That's because people feel the need to post that they just hid the body in the garage behind their house..
Keep it a secret. -.- No one cares. Unless it's Bill.