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A comment on Social Media Usage and the Level of Depressive Symptoms in the US [pdf]. Parent comment

Re:Social Media Usage and the Level of Depressive Symptoms i... by 908B64B197 on Thursday November 05, 2020 @12:51PM (#25000292)
> If you're a man who's not in top 10% of most desirable, it's a barren wasteland

Then how comes the marriage/dating rates are way higher than 10%?

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Re:Social Media Usage and the Level of Depressive Symptoms i... by T-hawk on Thursday November 05, 2020 @01:31PM (#25000629)
Self-selection. The women who aren't chasing the top 10% find a workable match sooner and remove themselves from the pool.

It's the same adverse-selection effect as "why are all my job candidates terrible?" Because you're only interviewing the people who have failed to get a job.

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Re:Social Media Usage and the Level of Depressive Symptoms i... by grenoire on Thursday November 05, 2020 @01:28PM (#25000608)
Lagged effects.
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