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Hum, I don’t think the FOMO is linked to Internet usage, but real life things. We do social media to kill time, not because we FOMO.
by hartator 8y ago
Hum, I don’t think the FOMO is linked to Internet usage, but real life things. We do social media to kill time, not because we FOMO.
- CharlesW 8y ago> I don’t think the FOMO is linked to Internet usage… Evidence suggests otherwise: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235285321730007X https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235285321...
- Nasrudith 8y agoThat still strikes me as highly silly. I mean people have always been afraid of missing out. From the tabloids, gossip, to the land-line era complaints about teenagers and phone bills. It is at most a slight exacerbator with the information flow in a similar way to group think and selection biases.
- toasterlovin 8y agoIt's the dose, not the substance, that make the poison. Because of the smartphone, social media is always with you, everywhere you go, and there is infinite content. That makes it pretty different from all the types of media that came before.
- mieseratte 8y ago> I don’t think the FOMO is linked to Internet usage, but real life things. Ignorance is bliss. If I don't know you are enjoying something, then I won't feel I am missing out on it. Since folks tend to post the highlights reel of their lives on social media, we see all the fun things and compare to our own and then feel a pang of envy or regret.
- pattisapu 8y agoArt imitates life or life imitates art . . . who knows . . .