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kwero@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours ago

TIL adults who frequently post on social media are at more risk of developing mental health problems than those who passively view social media content

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TIL adults who frequently post on social media are at more risk of developing mental health problems than those who passively view social media content

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kwero@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours ago
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Regularly posting on social media may worsen mental health in adults
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Adults who frequently post on social media are at more risk of developing mental health problems than those who passively view social media content, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.
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  • geekwithsoul@piefed.social
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    21 hours ago

    Or people who have mental health issues are more likely to frequently post on social media? The implied causation is garbage.

    • vector42@programming.dev
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      To be fair, the study explicitly states “it is not possible to conclude that posting on social media causes later mental health problems but they are related.”

      • geekwithsoul@piefed.social
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        Yeah, I was less faulting the study and more faulting the headline

    • 🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.world
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      this.

      Isolated people are more likely to engage online because they have little to no conversations IRL. or people who have mental health issues and mask constantly will be themselves online.

    • DahGangalang@infosec.pub
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      Came here to say this. Glad I was beaten to it.

      • Dalacos@lemmy.world
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        Ditto. Was even teeing up the “causality” word but they used it too. Nice to see.

    • Zomg@piefed.world
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      Youre probably onto something. It makes me thing of that stalkedbythefeds women

    • 🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.world
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      or people who overthink everything are more likely to engage in conversations online AND have mental health issues

    • Fluffy Kitty Cat@slrpnk.net
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      Indeed. Junk science like this has consequences

      • 🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.world
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        maybe the consequences are the one that cause junk science?

    • paraphrand@lemmy.world
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      20 hours ago

      Do you speak from experience?

  • Zomg@piefed.world
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    I’m debating on if I should reply. I have a feeling others are too lol

  • kwero@sh.itjust.worksOP
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    Well fuck. I have posted an absolute shit-ton of content on Lemmy.

    • NotSteve_@piefed.ca
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      failed to load user profile 😢

      Well shit good on you OP for following through (unless Voyager is just glitching)

      • [鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma]|[alt: 黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui]@sh.itjust.works
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        lmfao, for a moment, I thought OP was a bot doing those weird delete account shenanigans again 🤣

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        Nope, the page is dead on summit as well.

  • hydrashok@sh.itjust.works
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    Fuck. Social media in general is bad enough. You’re telling me they’re going to get even more unstable?

    • Psythik@lemmy.world
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      You’re literally using social media right now.

  • nymnympseudonym@piefed.social
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    +1 redlib user for mental health

    Here, have an instance with a fun name https://redlib.zaggy.nl/

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