Go Skins Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 http://money.cnn.com/2015/03/02/technology/facebook-envy/index.html Constantly checking Facebook to see what your friends are doing could lead to some serious depression. A recent study conducted by researchers at Nanyang Technological University, Bradley University and the University of Missouri Columbia found that heavy Facebook (FB, Tech30) users can experience envy -- which can ultimately lead to extreme sadness. The researchers surveyed 736 college students and found that, basically, if you quietly stalk your friends on Facebook and then realize that your life doesn't measure up to theirs, you feel bad about yourself. "If Facebook is used to see how well an acquaintance is doing financially or how happy an old friend is in his relationship -- things that cause envy among users -- use of the site can lead to feelings of depression," said Margaret Duffy, a professor at the University of Missouri School of Journalism. This isn't just a college phenomenon. I am nearing middle age and I can relate. Facebook is a huge part of my life. Like most Facebook users, I have the app on my phone. I check it at work. I check it at home. I check it when I am out. If I am in a subway station with Wi-Fi, I check it there too. I am up to date on all my friends, their kids and whatever they are reading at that moment. Unfortunately, it's an addiction that I can't quit. Facebook has allowed me a little window into my friends' lives back home. They have babies -- well some of them have teenagers. They have lovely homes. And the dinners -- oh the dinners they serve! There are food presentations that look like something out of a Martha Stewart magazine. I watch all the videos of their kids saying the darndest things. I click on their pictures of vacations in exotic places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Numbers| Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 Does Tech 30 cover places like GoBengals and should we worried that we wind up like Facebook users ? Half :ninja: I think most anything in excess is not a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CincyInDC Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 Reading most posts here makes me feel better about myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Dub Posted March 5, 2015 Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 It took a multi-university team of researchers to determine Facebook is 99% self-aggrandizing horseshit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MULLY Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 The thing about Facebook that startles me the most is seeing how these kids I went to school with, who, at the time, I thought were the smart kids, the rich kids, whatever, have morphed into total losers that can hardly even spell their own name. Every time I see pictures from back home I am so glad that I got out of there when I did. MULLY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go Skins Posted March 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 The thing about Facebook that startles me the most is seeing how these kids I went to school with, who, at the time, I thought were the smart kids, the rich kids, whatever, have morphed into total losers that can hardly even spell their own name. Every time I see pictures from back home I am so glad that I got out of there when I did. MULLY I wouldn't be surprised if some of those kids cheater their way through school, got to college, and got a huge wake up call. What I don't understand is people that have to post a play by play of their lives, which adds up to 20 posts a day. Gimme a break. Those same people tend to ignore everyone else. In the words of Ferris Bueller, "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go Skins Posted May 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2015 The opposite end of the topic: http://thebiglead.com/2015/05/25/imagining-the-advice-charles-barkley-gave-britt-mchenry/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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