did facebook make you miserable?

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I was surfing and saw this one. I found it so interesting. i copied and paste it here. if you want a link, just copy here and put it in google then you ll get alink.

some people closed the FB account for some reasons. could it be the one reason what I copied and paste it here.

FACEBOOK MAKES YOU FEEL 'SOCIALLY ISOLATED AND MISERABLE'
Facebook can make you feel socially isolated and miserable because seeing friends' happy pictures triggers feelings of envy, according to experts from Berlin's Humboldt University and Darmstadt's Technical University.
They claim one in three people feel worse after visiting the site and that their 'general dissatisfaction' with life had increased.
The German researchers studied 600 people and found that those who browsed without contributing were more likely to feel bad afterwards.
Positive images of friends enjoying holidays, commenting on their happy lives or simply posting pet pictures was enough to trigger feelings of jealousy,

The Facebook test group said what riled them most were happy holiday snaps of 'Facebook friends' followed by gushing prose of fabulous lives, great jobs and cracking social diaries.
The academics added people who surfed a lot on such sites were in danger of becoming socially isolated and depressed.
 
Frisky Feline said:
I was surfing and saw this one. I found it so interesting. i copied and paste it here. if you want a link, just copy here and put it in google then you ll get alink.

some people closed the FB account for some reasons. could it be the one reason what I copied and paste it here.

FACEBOOK MAKES YOU FEEL 'SOCIALLY ISOLATED AND MISERABLE'
Facebook can make you feel socially isolated and miserable because seeing friends' happy pictures triggers feelings of envy, according to experts from Berlin's Humboldt University and Darmstadt's Technical University.
They claim one in three people feel worse after visiting the site and that their 'general dissatisfaction' with life had increased.
The German researchers studied 600 people and found that those who browsed without contributing were more likely to feel bad afterwards.
Positive images of friends enjoying holidays, commenting on their happy lives or simply posting pet pictures was enough to trigger feelings of jealousy,

The Facebook test group said what riled them most were happy holiday snaps of 'Facebook friends' followed by gushing prose of fabulous lives, great jobs and cracking social diaries.
The academics added people who surfed a lot on such sites were in danger of becoming socially isolated and depressed.
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And that's why I didn't join in the first place-- because of reasons like THIS.
 
The only FB I follow on a regular basis is my daughter's, and I don't post anything on my account.
 
A lot of what was posted on my account I considered a waste of time and a risk I don't want my employer to see, so I have long since cancelled it.
 
Most of my friends on FB are my close friends who live far away and my family. I have deleted several of my coworkers due to using FB to gossip. Life has gotten better since then. When I see friends post about what they did, I don't feel jealous and I hope my posts of my trips or outings don't upset others. My mom wants me to post pics of any events we do so she can feel like she can keep up with us as she lives 3,000 miles away. I am glad for FB because I have gotten to know several of my relatives and have learned so much about my family history as being deaf with nobody knowing ASL, my brother and I missed out on a lot growing up. With FB, it gives us equal access to what our family members are doing and what their interests are. It is nice.
 
femme Fatale said:
A lot of what was posted on my account I considered a waste of time and a risk I don't want my employer to see, so I have long since cancelled it.
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The only reason you would need to worry about that is if your settings are public. If your privacy settings are on friends only the only thing they can access is automatic public things....profile pics and cover photos. You can even limit the privacy settings on your "about" stuff as in work place, education, where you live, relation ship status etc etc.

I think that's all dumb. I hate "studies" they're so easily manipulated to get the results you want. I doubt fb "can "make" you feel isolated, unless you already are. It would in essence amplify any of those feelings that are already there.
 
Most people won't admit that Facebook makes them miserable. That is why so many people have Facebook.
 
Sadly, it's about the only way I hear from some family and most friends.
 
markengland29 said:
And that's why I didn't join in the first place-- because of reasons like THIS.
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markengland29 said:
I don't-- and I'm happier without it.
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Let me fix that for you......"I'm happy without it"

Subtle difference I know....but since you have not had one you have no idea whether or not you'd be happier with or without one. You would first have to have one to even make a comparison.

Now facebook doesn't make me happy lol I like it though
 
ambrosia said:
Let me fix that for you......"I'm happy without it"

Subtle difference I know....but since you have not had one you have no idea whether or not you'd be happier with or without one. You would first have to have one to even make a comparison.

Now facebook doesn't make me happy lol I like it though
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No. Happier is correct, because I have some friends who AREN'T happy about having FB, which makes me less inclined to even join up in the first place. Plus, I already mistrust them since they use any info you put on there for THEIR purpose, and I also heard they sell your info, too.
 
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I like Facebook. It's a great way to keep up with friends and family.
 
markengland29 said:
No. Happier is correct, because I have some friends who AREN'T happy about having FB, which makes me less inclined to even join up in the first place. Plus, I already mistrust the since they use any info you put on there for THEIR purpose, and I also heard they sell your info, too.
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Don't believe everything you hear
 
There's no such thing as privacy these days.... I don't pay attention to anyone's dramas and I don't post anything that other people doesn't need to know.
 
Calvin said:
There's no such thing as privacy these days.... I don't pay attention to anyone's dramas and I don't post anything that other people doesn't need to know.
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Yeah, that's probably true, but some of my friends have had a bad experience with it, and each time I read the news about it, it makes me less inclined to join. However, I do have a Google+ page, which is acceptable by me, because at least they cannot do anything with the info unless I authorize them to.
 
Pretty sure Google sells informations too.


markengland29 said:
Yeah, that's probably true, but some of my friends have had a bad experience with it, and each time I read the news about it, it makes me less inclined to join. However, I do have a Google+ page, which is acceptable by me, because at least they cannot do anything with the info unless I authorize them to.
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Calvin said:
Pretty sure Google sells informations too.
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Yes, they probably do, but I don't bother with it. Only offers I ever get is from Google Play, offering a limited time on some things or something like that. I rarely give out my personal info to anyone, but oddly enough, I got a credit card offer in the mail, which is going straight in the garbage first chance I get. Don't believe in credit cards, period.
 
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