How can one be sure that being happy or sad 8 hours after browsing Facebook was because of facebook itself or millions of other things in life in that time interval? It is extremely hard to study emotions because of just one thing because there are millions of other confounders.
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Exactly because of this, this was an "experience sampling" study, which probed people's feelings during the actual browsing experience, and NOT retrospectively, as in earlier studies.
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I think this is far too early a conclusion based on this one, low-sample study with uncertain methodology.
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While it is clearly too early to draw firm conclusions, the sample size of 778 is large for psychological research, and the method, experience sampling, gathering information about people's feelings during experiences, is far superior to usual post-event questionnaire use.
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Similar to smokers taking a drag?
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It may vary from person to person - I find that FB, Twitter, etc. got me MORE agitated than doing something constructive or nurturing. My calm, relaxation, and other positive emotions came more frequently when I quit FB.
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Same, and for many people I know too. This study doesn't ring true for me.
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Trolling is good for the soul
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On the contrary; trolling is why I no longer have a soul.
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I suppose that depends on what they follow. I no longer have facebook and twitter tends to wind me up.
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