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Facebook use ‘makes people feel worse about themselves’
This article suggests that people who go on facebook come off feeling worse about themselves. The study shows it is not the people who use facebook to directly communicate that come off worse, it is the people who simply log on and look at what everyone else is doing. The fact they are sat on the computer while friends or family are having fun is one theory as to why people may feel worse about themselves.
While over three quarters of the results showed people share positive things on facebook, 36% also said they share bad things, this could be another reason why people come off worse than when they went on. Bad news or unpleasant things can easily have a negative affect on a persons mood or feelings.