I have found my notes from research that show just how bad Facebook is for the mental health of its more vulnerable users.
Buckle up because it's a disturbing ride.
"For some users quitting social networking sites is comparable to quitting smoking or giving up alcohol"
"Drugs like alcohol and tobacco could not keep up with social networking sites regarding their level of addictiveness"
"In 2014, Facebook went down for about 30 minutes, prompting several users to call emergency services"
"Adolescents reporting higher ADHD symptoms positively predicted Facebook addiction, persistent negative attitudes about the past and that the future"
"People who are feeling suicidal use the internet to search for suicide methods. Websites provide graphic details and information on how to take your own life. This cannot be right."
"Facebook has been criticized for making people envious and unhappy due to the constant exposure to positive yet unrepresentative highlights of their peers."
"As many as one out of three people actually feel worse and less satisfied with their lives after visiting the site."
"Vacation photos and social interaction are the biggest sources of envy. Visitors who contributed the least tended to feel the worst."
"The more people used Facebook, the worse they felt afterwards"
"20 percent of divorce petitions included references to Facebook"
"High levels of Facebook use could result in Facebook-related conflict and breakup/divorce"*
I could go on but that should be enough, here are the references
In addition to noting with evolutionary biologist George C. Williams in the development of evolutionary medicine that most chronic medical conditions are the consequence of evolutionary mismatches between a stateless environment of nomadic hunter-gatherer life in bands and contemporary human life in sedentary technologically modern state societies (e.g. WEIRD societies),<span class="mw-reflink-text">[67]</span> psychiatrist Randolph M. Nesse has argued that evolutionary mismatch is an important factor in the development of certain mental disorders.<span class="mw-reflink-text">[68]</span><span class="mw-reflink-text">[69]</span><span class="mw-reflink-text">[70]</span> In 1948, 50 percent of U.S. households owned at least one automobile.<span class="mw-reflink-text">[71]</span> In 2000, a majority of U.S. households had at least one personal computer and internet access the following year.<span class="mw-reflink-text">[72]</span> In 2002, a majority of U.S. survey respondents reported having a mobile phone.<span class="mw-reflink-text">[73]</span> In September 2007, a majority of U.S. survey respondents reported having broadband internet at home.<span class="mw-reflink-text">[74]</span> In January 2013, a majority…
I have found my notes from research that show just how bad Facebook is for the mental health of its more vulnerable users.
Buckle up because it's a disturbing ride.
"For some users quitting social networking sites is comparable to quitting smoking or giving up alcohol"
"Drugs like alcohol and tobacco could not keep up with social networking sites regarding their level of addictiveness"
"In 2014, Facebook went down for about 30 minutes, prompting several users to call emergency services"
"Adolescents reporting higher ADHD symptoms positively predicted Facebook addiction, persistent negative attitudes about the past and that the future"
"People who are feeling suicidal use the internet to search for suicide methods. Websites provide graphic details and information on how to take your own life. This cannot be right."
"Facebook has been criticized for making people envious and unhappy due to the constant exposure to positive yet unrepresentative highlights of their peers."
"As many as one out of three people actually feel worse and less satisfied with their lives after visiting the site."
"Vacation photos and social interaction are the biggest sources of envy. Visitors who contributed the least tended to feel the worst."
"The more people used Facebook, the worse they felt afterwards"
"20 percent of divorce petitions included references to Facebook"
"High levels of Facebook use could result in Facebook-related conflict and breakup/divorce"*
I could go on but that should be enough, here are the references
In addition to noting with evolutionary biologist George C. Williams in the development of evolutionary medicine that most chronic medical conditions are the consequence of evolutionary mismatches between a stateless environment of nomadic hunter-gatherer life in bands and contemporary human life in sedentary technologically modern state societies (e.g. WEIRD societies),<span class="mw-reflink-text">[67]</span> psychiatrist Randolph M. Nesse has argued that evolutionary mismatch is an important factor in the development of certain mental disorders.<span class="mw-reflink-text">[68]</span><span class="mw-reflink-text">[69]</span><span class="mw-reflink-text">[70]</span> In 1948, 50 percent of U.S. households owned at least one automobile.<span class="mw-reflink-text">[71]</span> In 2000, a majority of U.S. households had at least one personal computer and internet access the following year.<span class="mw-reflink-text">[72]</span> In 2002, a majority of U.S. survey respondents reported having a mobile phone.<span class="mw-reflink-text">[73]</span> In September 2007, a majority of U.S. survey respondents reported having broadband internet at home.<span class="mw-reflink-text">[74]</span> In January 2013, a majority…
Hey! thanks for expanding this conversation, it's quite an interesting topic how these platforms also give us a certain dependency. Greetings!