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STUDY: Looking At Old Facebook Posts Makes You Feel Happier

Justin Lafferty — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:00:15 +0000

Taking a trip down memory lane on Facebook may actually have some positive benefits. When users look back at great times with friends and party photos from college, they may notice themselves smiling a little more. That’s not by accident, according to a study by University of Portsmouth researchers, who discovered that looking back at old Facebook photos promotes positive reminiscing and a self-soothing feeling.

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STUDY: Can Facebook Make You Less Lonely?

Justin Lafferty — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 15:34:52 +0000

Facebook may have some negative effects on our mental well-being, but can posting status updates regularly make a person feel less lonely and more connected to the world? Researchers studied a small group of University of Arizona students, seeing how Facebook affected their moods, and finding that those who posted more frequently didn’t feel as lonely.

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Does Facebook Boost Your Self-Esteem?

Justin Lafferty — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 13:22:42 +0000

While we may seem happy on Facebook, liking pages on a daily basis and posting inspirational photos, does the social network really bring us joy? That’s what researchers from San Diego State University and the University of Georgia wanted to find out. They believe that Facebook might be making us feel better about ourselves.

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Single Facebook Users Are More Negative Than Others

Raj Dash — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:50:55 +0000

In celebration of Valentine’s Day, Facebook has released some interesting findings about how positive or negative people are, based on their profile relationship status. Since Sep 8, 2007, Facebook’s Data Scientists have been studying a user metric called the USA Gross National Happiness Index which was used in this latest analysis.
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Facebook Now Measuring Our Happiness

Nick O'Neill — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:44:08 +0000

Facebook has been working on a number of side projects over the past couple years which involve measuring the sentiment of users on the site. The company’s latest project, first announced yesterday afternoon, is the United States Gross National Happiness index. The newly launched tool polls users’ status updates within the United States and then measures their sentiment to determine the collective happiness. While I’m still a little bit cynical of sentiment analysis, there are some definite correlations between holidays and positive updates on Facebook.
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