FAKEBOOK USERS: Many admit making lives seem more exciting on socials

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A survey by smartphone maker HTC found that more than three quarters of those asked (76%) said they judged their peers based on what they saw on their Instagram, Snapchat or Facebook profiles.

In order to make our own pages and lives appear more exciting, 6% also said they had borrowed items to include in the images in order to pass them off as their own and make others jealous.

More than half of those surveyed said they posted images of items and places purely to cause jealousy among friends and family.

Behavioural psychologist Jo Hemmings said the trend was unsurprising given the rise of social media.

I think we have seen our friends, family, and maybe if you look in the mirror hard enough, yourself as well do this very thing..

Try you best to make things seem fine.. Seem okay..
But all the while, the darkness of sad and fear creep in. You don’t want to express the real you on FACEBOOK though.. people may not ‘like’ .. 

FAKEBOOK USERS: Many admit making lives seem more exciting on socials

Penn State frat KDR had warning about social media before posting lewd photos

PICTURES ARE WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS..
WARNINGS WERE NOT HEEDED.
THOUSANDS IF NOT MILLIONS OF WORDS WERE POSTED

Penn State frat KDR had warning about social media before posting lewd photos

Obsessing over the perfect social media post is ruining your life, study says

We are a social media obsessed nation. World. ETC.

And now there is scientific evidence that maybe all of this is ruining our life..

The money quote:

About 58% of people surveyed said “posting the perfect picture has prevented them from enjoying life experiences.” Sound familiar? Trying to get that perfect concert photo, or just the right sunset pic sometimes interferes with enjoying the experience itself.

I know a few folks who do this.. I will keep them nameless.. But there’s one intriguing facet of 20/20 vision on this. Even though I roll my eyes at a few people I know and love when they insist on getting the perfect picture, I do, years later, love going back and seeing that perfect picture existing.

Ahh.. the yin and yang of life..

Obsessing over the perfect social media post is ruining your life, study says

If people think this is journalisitucally offensive they probably never visited the Newseum or have any inkling on just how rude and crude newspapers once were.. that’s not to diminish what this paper did. But shouldn’t first amendment protections be afforded to those who we disagree with the most?

Quite frankly this is one of the major problems I have with Raw Story and other publications geared to promote themselves in Facebook. The vast majority of time is spent on click bate or controversial headlines that often neglect to delve any deeper than the byline.

Online news gathering and consumption should NE amazing. Instead we are left to debate mundane and insignificant events on social media.

Social media being heavily watched by law enforcement

Social media being heavily watched by law enforcement

Spammers hitting social web: 40% of social media accounts said to be spam

And here I thought the forty or so people a day I block on Twitter were real.

Spammers hitting social web: 40% of social media accounts said to be spam

The hottest trending jobs in a jobless market

It’s all tech. Social media. Marketing… Want to know why we are screwed? WE DON’T MAKE ANYTHING ANYMORE!

The hottest trending jobs in a jobless market