Using Facebook a lot makes you more lonely and negative

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.

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Researchers at the University of Queensland have been studying "passive" Facebook users (just watching friends, not posting content) and alienated Facebook users (not paid). comment) to indicate that: The process of communicating via Facebook will negatively affect the way of looking at life, making users more lonely and self-deprecating.

In the first study, the research team led by Dr. Stephanie Tobin followed two independent user groups: One group regularly posted status statements, photos . on Facebook and a group that only monitored word status. friends, do not post their own content. The results show that the passive follow-up group will feel worse than the group actively communicating on Facebook.

In the second study, researchers focused on a closed Facebook user group. In this group, participants are encouraged to comment on posts by other users. The team secretly staged so that half of the participants were "alienated" and did not respond to their comments.

After these two tests, the team conducted interviews with participants about the sense of community, the meaning of existence, confidence and the ability to master themselves. The results of both studies show that the self-confidence and the way of recognizing the self-worth of all users of the "follow-up" group and the "alienated" group are negatively affected.

Both "quiet" users and "alienated" users have a sense of distance, "invisible" feeling and a sense of self-deprecation. People who are "alienated" become more inferior and less self-reliant.

According to this research, being actively involved in communicating on Facebook is very important in creating a sense of community for social network users. In other words, people are becoming more and more dependent on Facebook.