Study: Staying off Facebook can make you happier

Re:Study: Staying off Facebook can make you happier by untog on Thursday November 12, 2015 @08:02PM (#10557347)

(This is off topic but) there's probably something fascinating to be studied about it. The assumption I've heard a number of people make is that their anti-socialness means that they read more, code more, and as such it's actually a positive quality that elevates them above others. Even as someone who can be antisocial themselves, I think it's a load of bunk, and it's sort of interesting to see human interaction being dismissed as frivolous.

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Re:Study: Staying off Facebook can make you happier by sridca on Thursday November 12, 2015 @10:53PM (#10557921)

> [...] their anti-socialness means [...]

To be fair he said "lack of desire for lots of social interaction" -- with emphasis on the word "lots" -- and not "lack of desire for social interaction".

cortesoft may very well be needing social interaction (inasmuch as Maslow's hierarchy of needs is fulfilled), just not lots.

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Re:Study: Staying off Facebook can make you happier by cortesoft on Friday November 13, 2015 @12:31PM (#10561055)

Yep. Being at work all day gives me enough group social interaction. Then at home I just like to be alone with my wife. I am an introvert, so being out with people drains my energy. I like people, but only need it a bit.

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Re:Study: Staying off Facebook can make you happier by meric on Thursday November 12, 2015 @08:20PM (#10557425)

human interaction being dismissed as frivolous.

I'm not sure it's entirely frivolous...

http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/brain-and...

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Re:Study: Staying off Facebook can make you happier by cortesoft on Friday November 13, 2015 @02:09PM (#10561763)

I think the person you are replying to is agreeing that it is not frivolous, but is stating their amazement that so many people dismiss it as being such.

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Re:Study: Staying off Facebook can make you happier by AnimalMuppet on Thursday November 12, 2015 @08:36PM (#10557489)

I go both ways on this.

On the one hand, I can think fairly deeply. Yes, I do regard that as a positive quality. And yes, a lot of social interaction gets in the way of that. ("Interruptions shatter mental momentum" - I forget who said it, but when you're trying to think deeply, it's really true.)

On the other hand, I need human interaction - maybe not as much as most other people, definitely not all the time, but I need it. I need to be able to be a person, not just a thinking machine.

So maybe I'm "unsocial" without being "anti-social"...

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