Instagram - most depressing social network

American magazine «Slate» set out to find out what social network user depresses more than others, and in the course of investigations it was found that a popular service Instagram.



Employee «Slate» Jessica Winter says that a lot of photos taken during various events and recreation makes some users feel a sense of worthlessness and think that their life is boring and monotonous.

Previously, psychologists have found that the abundance of boastful records, for example, to Facebook, causing users to visit with them, envy, jealousy, and even depression, because not all are able to share the stunning news, collecting a huge amount of "likes", and on average, Every third visitor Facebook after seeing a few pages a bad mood.

According to Winter, the use of Instagram reinforces this negative effect, because the emotional reaction to the picture is much stronger than the impression obtained by reading the text.



Her support of Hanna Krasnova Humboldt University in Berlin: "From the pictures, you get much more explicit and implicit signals of wealth, success and happiness of others than of status updates on their page».

"When you see the magnificent photos friend or colleague is trying to spread even more boastful image to" beat "him. Seeing your pictures, he in turn wants to publish something else. This chain reaction of self-promotion might lead very far away - so that beautiful picture on the social networks will have almost nothing in common with the real situation, "- says Hanna.

For example, a married couple, out touching photos buddy, can actually constantly bicker and argue.

This "objective" news coverage, according to Jessica Winter, can lead to the fact that a person gets distorted information about friends and acquaintances, starting assume here that lives much worse than most people of his circle of friends.

Psychologists are advised not to trust too "happy" photos to Instagram and warn against envy, based on articles published in other social networks.

via factroom.ru