Posted on 08/14/2013 3:45:45 PM PDT by Veto!
Facebook users in a study led by the University of Michigan wound up feeling worse about themselves after two weeks, and their moment-to-moment mood darkened the more they browsed the social medium. ... The more you used Facebook, the more your mood dropped.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
Another article knocking Facebook and its users. I’ve been on FB for 4 years and love it, as do millions of other people. There’s nothing anti-social about it. Everyone I know on it has a very active social life besides FB. Whoever wrote this knows nothing about which they speak. Being on FB is no different than spending time on the computer being on Freerepublic, just one is for policital activities, and the other is for more friends and family oriented activities.
That has to be true for my liberal FB friends as they are regularly exposed to the truth about their socialist hero and the failures of his Marxist regime.
I luv it too. I get to stay in touch with family and friends who live too far away to see every week.
We share pics and vids and recipes and jokes and instant message each other. Do group talks. Its like they are living next door.
My eldest daughter is living in Chicago (I know, I know — she won’t listen). I play Lexulous with her via Facebook. It helps my peace of mind when she responds and I know that she is okay.
Only bummer I get is that every change takes something that was working fine and makes it less intuitive.
A place on the internet where people can share information, interact and communicate with each other.
Freerepublic of course is a social media site. Outside of threads we got ping lists, interest groups, wide ranging topics, friends, like ideas, etc... So, those here to knock social media should not cast any stones.
>>Whoever wrote this knows nothing about which they speak. Being on FB is no different than spending time on the computer being on Freerepublic, just one is for policital activities, and the other is for more friends and family oriented activities.<<
Except FR doesn’t link to RL and I don’t give out info to be used for identity theft or worse.
I think anyone who puts RL info onto FB is a damn fool (no offense).
I have been on it since 2008 and love it too. All of my friends and relatives have a very active social life. It is not like we are on it 24/7. I think these people had problems before FB. All of my friends/relatives are very positive people. I get more conservative news on fb than any other place. I had 2 liberal friends from school but are no longer friends. I could only take so much liberal nonsense.
Hey, I found out about the Overpasses to Impeach Obama movement on FB weeks ago. Not to mention meeting up with some long-lost friends.
What is RL? Never heard of it.
Well, let's see...
FR doesn't track me
FR doesn't scan what I post (except for the all seeing mods, bless 'em :)
FR doesn't mine what I post
FR doesn't shove ads at me based on that mining
FR doesn't have privacy controls
FR doesn't, therefore, change the way the privacy controls work with out warning, exposing me
Finally, FR has and enforces pretty strict rules about members' behavior
What were you saying again about there being no difference between FB and FR?
“I think anyone who puts RL info onto FB is a damn fool (no offense).”
Indeed. Especially since FB, NSA and many others routinely mine such FB info. for their own nefarious purposes.
I truly detest the idea of Facebook and am not slightly surprised at the results of this study.
FR is totally different. It has real content. Love it here.
But then, I’m a very private person and fully intend to stay that way.
Haa, haa... I searched one line of your post and it is already indexed in Google. I am always amazed at how fast Google (government) indexes the site. Indexed seconds after you posted.
FR doesn’t scan what I post (except for the all seeing mods, bless ‘em :)
"THESE ARE MY FRIENDS???"
I was reading a recent issue of Mojo (music) magazine. A musician (one of the Pet Shop Boys) said that familiarity breeds contempt. He said something about how social media sites (especially for public figures/entertainers, but really everybody) leads to feelings of closeness and "friendship" but it isn't. I'm drawing a blank on the verbiage and the article is not online.
The band was not among those I bought the magazine to read about. The comment about social media was one of the highlighted quotes.
One thing I really appreciate about such forums is how they allow one to articulate ideas (or not) in words and pictures tweaked into expressions one could hardly accomplish through other means.
I agree. But FR isn't even close compared to the way FB treats stuff you post.
Of course FR is scanned by the NSA. So is FaceBook. But FR doesn't data mine me and all the other intrusive, sick stuff that FB does.
FR doesn't need privacy settings. Settings that can be jerked around at will, without previous notice, causing all kinds of embarrassment and concern.
Apparently they are somebody's friends. Lot of good it does them.
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