facebook use

Rather than playing a direct role for friends and family, being shunned on social networks will make people feel their lives are more meaningless than usual.

If you want to get rid of the feeling of loneliness, constantly updating Facebook status is one of the ways to achieve that goal.

Janelle Wohltmann, a graduate student at the University of Arizona psychology department, and the university's researchers, conducted an experiment with participants aged 68 to 91.