Even depression can be caused by excessive engagement with it Facebook, especially when our friends' posts make us jealous.
That's it Facebook monitors our Internet moves. A new privacy policy established by the company allows the website to record your activity even when you leave the social networking site. Changing the privacy policy allows the website to gather data from your activity across the Internet while collecting the information that you and your friends post on. According to the British Independent article, after collecting all this information, Facebook distributes them to other sites, such as Instagram.
Ομολογουμένως, η εταιρεία είχε ανακοινώσει τον Νοέμβριο ότι επρόκειτο να επιβάλει τη συγκεκριμένη αλλαγή, ενώ σήμερα ισχυρίζεται ότι ειδοποιήθηκαν οι χρήστες με ηλεκτρονικές επιστολές. Ταυτόχρονα άνοιξε έναν τύπο δημόσιου διαλόγου για τη νέα πολιτική, επιτρέποντας στους χρήστες να συζητήσουν εκτενώς για αυτό το theme. Σήμερα οποιοσδήποτε χρήστης το θελήσει μπορεί να μεταβάλει τη νέα πολιτική απορρήτου επιλέγοντας τις σχετικές ρυθμίσεις.
Also, a major American study is banging on Facebook, indicating that using the social networking site can cause envy to users, a feeling that can develop into depression.
Admittedly - reported by Telegraph - everyday millions of people are connected to Facebook. As researchers at the University of Missouri have done the study, this activity affects them emotionally more than they themselves recognize.
Professor Margaret Dafi, who co-authored the study, notes that Facebook's way of using the site plays a key role in how they react to it.
“Facebook can be a good pastime, a fun and healthy activity, as long as people use it to stay in touch with family members and old friends and to share the important and interesting aspects of their lives. However, if used to see how rich an old friend is or how happy they are in their relationship, things that can cause jealousy, Facebook can even lead to appearance clinical depression".
For the needs of the study, 700 young users of the website answered the scientists' questions. It found that those who used Facebook to see how friends and acquaintances were doing in various aspects of their lives were more likely to report feeling depressed. In contrast, those who used the website simply to stay connected with friends and acquaintances did not show negative reactions.
The comparison
According to the researchers, suspensions for exotic holidays, expensive cars and beautiful homes, as well as happy "cinematographic" families, awaken within us the jealousy, which usually evolves into depression. As Professor Daphie notes, "we have discovered that if users feel envious of the way their friends live or their activities, they usually complain of some symptoms of clinical depression. Facebook can be a very positive thing for many people, but not for those who try through the website to compare the way they and their friends live. "
The research is published in the Computers in Human Behavior.
