In A Bad Mood? Someone Is Worse Off On Facebook - And You'll Find Them
Thursday, October 2, 2014 - 13:00
in Psychology & Sociology
Call it cathartic but one modern way people in a bad mood feel better is to go on social media like Facebook and find friends doing even worse. A new paper says that generally people use social media to connect with people who are posting positive and success-oriented updates. No one wants to hang out with downers - unless they are in a bad mood. Then people want to read about less attractive, less successful and more miserable people. The authors believe the findings give more context to recent papers stating that found people who spend a lot of time on Facebook tend to be more frustrated, angry and lonely – presumably because of all the happy updates from friends that make them feel inadequate. read more