Posted on Feb 1, 2019
Study: Leaving Facebook makes people happier but less informed
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Leaving Facebook may be good for your emotional well being, but you could be less informed about current events.
A new report from researchers at New York University and Stanford University looked at what happened to people who deactivated their accounts. The researchers paid people $102 to turn-off their Facebook (FB) accounts for four weeks.
The Facebook-free people reported being happier while not using the site, being less active online, and using other social-media sites less. The study found that subjects were less polarized politically but less-informed about factual news after being off Facebook for a month
A new report from researchers at New York University and Stanford University looked at what happened to people who deactivated their accounts. The researchers paid people $102 to turn-off their Facebook (FB) accounts for four weeks.
The Facebook-free people reported being happier while not using the site, being less active online, and using other social-media sites less. The study found that subjects were less polarized politically but less-informed about factual news after being off Facebook for a month
Study: Leaving Facebook makes people happier but less informed
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If you are in for left-leaning event reporting or conspiracy theories, FB is your place IMHO. Since it is Clown News Network reporting this as fact, it just reinforces my opinion of FB. So glad we left it nearly a year ago and so far, we've not missed a single relevant story...
I find the article humorous and myopic. Also, 4 weeks for $100 at 1 hour/day equates to about $0.35/day. According to the article, "They also said they'd want to be paid around $100 a month to stop using the site for four weeks. "That starkly quantifies how important it is," Allcott told CNN Business." This tells me the people in the study have no idea how much their TIME is worth.
I find the article humorous and myopic. Also, 4 weeks for $100 at 1 hour/day equates to about $0.35/day. According to the article, "They also said they'd want to be paid around $100 a month to stop using the site for four weeks. "That starkly quantifies how important it is," Allcott told CNN Business." This tells me the people in the study have no idea how much their TIME is worth.
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