Facebook quitters report more life satisfaction, less depression and anxiety

Re:Facebook quitters report more life satisfaction, less dep... by im3w1l on Thursday February 13, 2020 @06:31PM (#22322441)

Implicit in your statement is the proposition that quitters are a self-selected group of people with a disordered consumption pattern - a moderate social drinker is not going to quit.

But I do recall an instance where everyone in some college class or something were supposed to abstain from social media for a week, whether they had a healthy relationship with it or not and the group reported substantial increases in life satisfaction.

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Re:Facebook quitters report more life satisfaction, less dep... by amylene on Thursday February 13, 2020 @09:16PM (#22323433)

Without a reference, this comment doesn’t indicate anything.

If I asked you to abstain from any behavior for a week to see if it would improve your life... I bet most studies would show abstention helped.

The relevant question is how this intervention helped, compared to other interventions that could be seen as similar. Eg, if you didn’t watch tv for a week, how would you feel?

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Re:Facebook quitters report more life satisfaction, less dep... by im3w1l on Friday February 14, 2020 @01:09AM (#22324321)

I don't have a TV, I only watch at other peoples places. I think I'd feel worse if I became "that guy" and started having issues with it.

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