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Studies have proven that Facebook actually makes people feel worse about their own lives since everyone seems to be having a great time out there, but when you're not, do you a) withdraw from social media, b) post "memories" from happier times, c) fake it till you make it, or d) post confessionals, baring your soul?
If I am going through stuff I typically withdraw from social media. Heck, sometimes I just want a break and take one. I go on FB mostly for the memes, to be nosey, and out of pure habit. I'd say I am most active on, and enjoy, Twitter. C-D is the only forum I am part of.
Social media has been a thing in my life since a young teen, but it has grown so much. I can admit it does sometimes make me feel crappy about my own life. However, I recognize that it's totally silly and means I need to step back and reflect.
Everybody has good and bad in life, social media tends to tell one side. It's good to remember that.
I understand why it makes people depressed. But I also think posting materials from vacations and good times is what FB is really about.
Before FB we had an online album that we sent out to relatives with pics from vacation. What else are you going to post? Pics of daily traffic? Pics of your cubicle?
if we go on vacation and dont upload pics, my relatives send me a message and ask me why we haven’t uploded any.
The difference is that a lot more people see that stuff now. And with an increase in numbers, there is a chance that more people who are going through some tough times see the happy pics and get affected.
I dont get annoyed when people post things that make them look happy to others. I know couples who have bad relationships and post about how much they love each other. They are struggling and unhappy. Why not let them feel some joy by having some people they haven’t seen in years help them escape reality via a “likeâ€.
Personally, I think that if I was in a bad place in my life I wouldn’t use facebook. It is hard to see all the happiness when you are miserable and it will only make it worse.
Studies have proven that Facebook actually makes people feel worse about their own lives since everyone seems to be having a great time out there, but when you're not, do you a) withdraw from social media, b) post "memories" from happier times, c) fake it till you make it, or d) post confessionals, baring your soul?
"Studies" can prove pretty much anything you want them to.
The people I'm friends with on FB are real ... they don't just post the fake good stuff. They share the good, the bad, and the ugly. The way friendships should be.
Studies have proven that Facebook actually makes people feel worse about their own lives since everyone seems to be having a great time out there, but when you're not, do you a) withdraw from social media, b) post "memories" from happier times, c) fake it till you make it, or d) post confessionals, baring your soul?
e) Realize they aren't having such a great time out there because if they were they wouldn't have time to post.
Studies have proven that Facebook actually makes people feel worse about their own lives since everyone seems to be having a great time out there, but when you're not, do you a) withdraw from social media, b) post "memories" from happier times, c) fake it till you make it, or d) post confessionals, baring your soul?
I know someone that is a social media "superstar"......lifestyles of the rich and famous! Range Rover, boating in the Bahamas, charity events in the Hamptons, etc.
Yet 2 weeks ago she was 100 miles from home with no money, car out of gas and she had to get money put in her account to buy gas to get home......Sometimes all the flash doesn't equal all the cash!
But if I were, I would post the barest minimum of anything. Anyone who would post a confession of anything is a moron.
I think withdrawing is a good idea, but I doubt most people would.
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