Computers and Human Behaviour

Facebook Users Who Share Too Much Are Sad and Lonely

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Know someone on Facebook who updates their status every half an hour, likes approximately two thousand corporate pages, and won’t stop poking you? It’s okay, they’re probably miserable and depressed. In a study published in Computers and Human Behaviour, researchers Facebook uses who describe themselves as “lonely” are more likely … Read More

You Seek Out More Pathetic People on Facebook When You’re in a Bad Mood

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Facebook is already the focus of some of our less desirable psychological traits, what with sad and lonely people over-sharing, and the fact that we hate happy Facebook couples. Well, here’s another bad Facebook habit: we tend to creep our most pathetic friends profiles when we’re in a bad mood. … Read More

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