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    Default Face Book Make you feel bad about yourself?

    Can't say that's been my experience at all. It's been a good communication tool both on a personal level and professional level. But,
    But I'm not an angst ridden, sullen teen, so that might explain it.


    Facebook use 'makes people feel worse about themselves'

    A man with a laptop is silhouetted against a screen with a Facebook logo in the background 14 August 2013 The study found people spent more time on Facebook when they were feeling lonely

    Using Facebook can reduce young adults' sense of well-being and satisfaction with life, a study has found.

    Checking Facebook made people feel worse about both issues, and the more they browsed, the worse they felt, the University of Michigan research said.

    The study, which tracked participants for two weeks, adds to a growing body of research saying Facebook can have negative psychological consequences.

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    Default Re: Face Book Make you feel bad about yourself?

    i do feel worse after being on facebook, because i have to suffer through hearing people make rape/domestic violence/racist/sexist/baby-killing/ and all about disgusting jokes and comments. it makes me feel like there is absolutely no hope for humanity, and i actually get pretty depressed and angry. other than that its pretty damn boring

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    Default Re: Face Book Make you feel bad about yourself?

    I don't understand how it could make someone feel bad about themselves. I use the site to keep in touch with family and friends that are scattered across the world. It's nice to see my high school friend's wedding pictures. Or pics from different nerd conventions. Lets not forget the new babies my family keeps making!

    If you don't like what people say or post you can delete them. Why have them as friends if they are asshats anyway? If you are spending enough time on there that this happens, it just means its time for fresh air and face to face contact with people.

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    Default Re: Face Book Make you feel bad about yourself?

    I deleted mine a few months ago (yes--you can delete now, not just deactivate!), and I think my online experience is better because of it. Although I didn't feel worse about myself checking it, I did notice that most of my friends on there were not really friends. I got a Facebook in 2006, when I was 16. Many people from my high school were on there, and that time period was really terrible for me. Having those people still "in" my life, even just virtually, made no sense. I didn't make a lot of college friends, and I did not enjoy keeping up with family on there, so really, I only liked about five people on my news feed. I miss seeing the photos and posts from my friends who moved out of state or live overseas, but we text, email, and Skype now, so it's alright.

    However! I do know many people who are actually depressed over what they see on Facebook. My sister is always pissed because so-and-so is getting married, has a super duper great job, and posts the most adorable photos of her baby. Psh, marriage is work, that job is probably filled with ups and downs like every other job, and I promise you the cute little baby has awful diapers and wakes everyone up seven times a night. It's crazy that social media has basically just become an ad about the person posting. Look at how awesome my life is! Look at how much fun I am having at all of these places I've checked into! Don't you want to be me or at least my friend?

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    Default Re: Face Book Make you feel bad about yourself?

    Quote Originally Posted by tuesdaymarie View Post
    However! I do know many people who are actually depressed over what they see on Facebook. My sister is always pissed because so-and-so is getting married, has a super duper great job, and posts the most adorable photos of her baby. Psh, marriage is work, that job is probably filled with ups and downs like every other job, and I promise you the cute little baby has awful diapers and wakes everyone up seven times a night. It's crazy that social media has basically just become an ad about the person posting. Look at how awesome my life is! Look at how much fun I am having at all of these places I've checked into! Don't you want to be me or at least my friend?
    This ^^^
    It has definitely made me feel behind the 8 ball in a way. It's mostly because I put a lot of pressure on myself and expected more at age 22 (which is sooo stupid). I'm friends with someone who is bffs with my ex best friend, and he is ALWAYS posting about her life - "Oh here's her wedding photos! Here's her in a school newspaper article about her community service! Oh she got into pharmacy school!" It makes me feel like a loser sometimes, because she dumped me as a friend because I was a threat to her... and here I am, still with a 5th year of undergrad because I changed majors too many times, a stripper, and completely uninvolved in campus life.

    And then I remind myself that she is a manipulating sociopath and is only going through pharm school because it's what her parents wanted, so she is probably not nearly as happy as she puts out, and that it's likely all a big front. But I can see how people get swept up in it and think someone else's life is all roses and rainbows... of course we don't post about setbacks or bad things, then we wouldn't look cool to everyone.

    I deleted a lot of people, or at least unsubscribed from them, because I was sick of their check-ins every time they went to a bar ("Look how much fun I have!") or because like Simone said, they spew a lot of ignorant shit. Also annoying are the people who can't spell for shit; they make me want to bang my head on the desk; and the people who are going through teenage angst phases.
    I enjoy most of my true friends postings though, because they're usually just witty observations or links to memes.
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    I think it's confusing two mutual factors as being cause and effect.
    Just because people who spend a lot of time on facebook are also sad/lonely/bored/depressed doesn't necessarily mean the sadness/loneliness/boredom/depression is directly caused by Facebook. In my case the two just go together because sometimes I'm too sad/lonely/bored/depressed to get off the computer and do something worthwhile. I also waste a ton of time on Stripperweb and various other forums when I'm in that state.

    I also think when peoples state of mind is in the negative then everything becomes negative, again nothing to do with facebook - unhappy with facebook because someone posted an animal cruelty picture/article, unhappy because others sound like they have perfect lives. You know?

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    Nope cause I don't use it..


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    Quote Originally Posted by simone87 View Post
    i do feel worse after being on facebook, because i have to suffer through hearing people make rape/domestic violence/racist/sexist/baby-killing/ and all about disgusting jokes and comments. it makes me feel like there is absolutely no hope for humanity, and i actually get pretty depressed and angry. other than that its pretty damn boring
    I'm taking that personal!!!
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    I deleted mine a couple of months ago. It does make you feel bad boo-hoo. lol
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    Default Re: Face Book Make you feel bad about yourself?

    It doesn't affect me. Mostly because the only reason I even have a facebook account is to be able to see things that interest me on someone's facebook account when they tell me that I should check it out. Also, my facebook is under a pseudonym so that random people that I didn't care enough about to keep in touch with can't find me out of the blue and start bothering me.

    I sometimes feel like it would be right to yell at people that are on facebook all the time. I want to let them know that every inane thought that floats through their mind is not so important that everyone needs to read it.
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    It makes me feel bad when I see all my friends getting married and having babies. It seemed that my newsfeed was constantly being bombarded with engagement announcements, engagement ring pictures, weddings, pregnancy announcements, ultrasound pictures, and pregnant bellies. I have been trying to fix that by unsubscribing to people's stuff whenever I see it but mostly I've been not wanting to get on Facebook. I had a miscarriage in July and it still hurts so hearing a day by day broadcast about so and so's pregnancy and seeing the baby bump pics strikes a chord for me and sends me into tears. Another thing that bothers me about Facebook is how exes always seem to want to add you and family members that you never hear from talk to you via Facebook but not in real life. In some cases it's dumb how technology has replaced face to face communication.

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    Quote Originally Posted by WendiStarr View Post
    It makes me feel bad when I see all my friends getting married and having babies. It seemed that my newsfeed was constantly being bombarded with engagement announcements, engagement ring pictures, weddings, pregnancy announcements, ultrasound pictures, and pregnant bellies. I have been trying to fix that by unsubscribing to people's stuff whenever I see it but mostly I've been not wanting to get on Facebook. I had a miscarriage in July and it still hurts so hearing a day by day broadcast about so and so's pregnancy and seeing the baby bump pics strikes a chord for me and sends me into tears. Another thing that bothers me about Facebook is how exes always seem to want to add you and family members that you never hear from talk to you via Facebook but not in real life. In some cases it's dumb how technology has replaced face to face communication.
    I'm sorry to hear about your miscarriage
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    Quote Originally Posted by WendiStarr View Post
    It makes me feel bad when I see all my friends getting married and having babies. It seemed that my newsfeed was constantly being bombarded with engagement announcements, engagement ring pictures, weddings, pregnancy announcements, ultrasound pictures, and pregnant bellies. I have been trying to fix that by unsubscribing to people's stuff whenever I see it but mostly I've been not wanting to get on Facebook. I had a miscarriage in July and it still hurts so hearing a day by day broadcast about so and so's pregnancy and seeing the baby bump pics strikes a chord for me and sends me into tears. Another thing that bothers me about Facebook is how exes always seem to want to add you and family members that you never hear from talk to you via Facebook but not in real life. In some cases it's dumb how technology has replaced face to face communication.
    Sorry to hear about your miscarriage and I can imagine how rough that can be seeing people with pregnancies. For me the hardest part is what you mentioned seeing all the personal information knowing it will never happen for you (you in general). I can't even look at engagement or wedding photos anymore online because I really want that and since I will never experience a wedding it pains me deeply to see that. It was especially painful in 2010 when I was dumped by someone I truly cared about and then when I saw someone I knew getting married (and much younger)it really made me extremely depressed. So when people post things like that I ignore.

    I did have a psycho who tried to friend me and managed to get my photos from my Facebook page and that was disturbing. The said thing is this person claimed to be someone else so I would friend them.

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