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Facebook Conceded It Might Make You Feel Bad ...
From: "Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2017 18:47:42 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com> Subject: [ NNSquad ] Facebook Conceded It Might Make You Feel Bad ... Date: December 17, 2017 at 2:03:50 PM EST To: nnsquad () nnsquad org Facebook Conceded It Might Make You Feel Bad ... https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/15/technology/facebook-blog-feel-bad.html But hold on, said Facebook. Another study -- this one conducted in partnership with Facebook by Robert E. Kraut, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University who has long studied how computers affect users' psychology -- had a more upbeat finding. It showed that using Facebook more deeply and meaningfully, for instance by posting comments and engaging in back-and-forth chats on the service, improved people's scores on well-being. - - - Facebook telling everyone that the cure for Facebook making you feel bad is to use more Facebook is like telling an alcoholic that the cure for their condition is guzzling more booze. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lauren () vortex com): https://www.vortex.com/lauren
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