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Re:Facebook – You are the Product by silassales on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @04:13PM (#15030927)
I think the more dangerous problem than being addicted to it, is the affect it can have on you even if you are only on it for a few minutes a day. I find social media causes people to only see the best parts of other people lives and therefore wonder why their life is not that great, and than theres a nice downward spiral of discontent and depression.

Social media, used by some only to keep in contact is okay, but the subconscious comparison of your real life to others social media life, can be really harmful.

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Re:Facebook – You are the Product by hk__2 on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @04:27PM (#15031090)
> but the subconscious comparison of your real life to others social media life, can be really harmful.

Do you happen to have some papers on that subject? I’ve seen papers on how people present themselves on FB; not on how they "judge" others’ feeds.

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Re:Facebook – You are the Product by silassales on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @05:02PM (#15031352)
Not anything more than various blog posts or web articles that I've read. I should have been more clear that I was mainly speaking from a personal perspective and what I, and those around me, have discussed and experienced. Sorry for being misleading.
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