July 24, 2013

Instagram is even more depressing than Facebook

It's a truism that Facebook is the many-headed frenemy, the great underminer. We know this because science tells us so.The Human-Computer Institute atCarnegie Mellon has found that your "passive consumption" of your friends' feeds and your own "broadcasts to wider audiences" on Facebook correlate with feelings of loneliness and even depression.Earlier this year, two German universities showed that "passive following" on Facebook triggers states of envy and resentment in many users, with vacation photos standing out as a prime trigger.

http://m.smh.com.au/digital-life/digital-life-news/instagram-is-even-more-depressing-than-facebook-20130724-2qink.html

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