Facebook & Self-Esteem: LMS for The Truth
"Using Facebook can be bad for people with low self-esteem," suggests a new study in the journal Psychological Science. Duh? Do we really need a research study to tell us that? Canadian researchers found people with low self-esteem deluge their Facebook friends with negative details about their lives, which makes them less likeable. According to study author Amanda Forest, a graduate student at the University of Waterloo, in Ontario, "If you're talking to somebody in person and you say something, you might get some indication that they don't like it, that they're sick of hearing your negativity," But when people have a negative reaction to a post on Facebook, they tend to keep it to themselves. Guilty. I have kept this one to myself for far too long. As a woman who has worked all her life to build her own self-esteem and has dedicated her work to inspiring and [...]