On: Is Spending Time on Social Media Bad for Us?

[navls]

> "On the other hand, actively interacting with people — especially sharing messages, posts and comments with close friends and reminiscing about past interactions — is linked to improvements in well-being"

Seems sort of self serving that the solution is to generate more content for facebook. The next article is going to conclude disabling ad blockers and making microtransactions will finally make you happy.

[bmcooley → navls]

Just because the presented solution serves facebook positively doesn't mean it's bad in some way. It's good to be wary of the bias, but don't dismiss the claim because of it.

[tchalla → bmcooley]

Here's more from the article

> Simply broadcasting status updates wasn’t enough; people had to interact one-on-one with others in their network.

[pzone → navls]

To me it just seems like they're identifying extraverted people and finding they're happier. No surprise, that's been known for decades.

[xapata → pzone]

Depends on the research method. If it was only backwards-looking, you'd be correct. However, it sounds like there was an experiment with a control group and a treatment group.