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So when I take a bad picture (happens regularly enough), I shouldn't delete it but instead post it to Facebook?

by Stubb 12y ago

Zancarius 12y ago
I suspect the OP doesn't mean bad as in poor quality but bad as in the more negative experiences in life. Most people rarely post anything but mostly positive experiences on Facebook. You occasionally see the more gritty reality of life bleed through around the edges, but in my experience, that's more of the exception than a rule. There was an article on HN some months back someone wrote that shared similar experiences and how Facebook feeds in general could lead to mild depression when someone sees their friends constantly doing fun or exciting things, going on vacation, etc., while they compare such activities against their own otherwise boring or monotonous life.
- DavideNL 12y ago
  Exactly. Reading my Facebook feed is like watching a theatrical performance, the stuff people post is not what really happens (it's often glorified), i assume because they want to present themselves to the world as if they are having a perfect life or something.. but meanwhile i know for a fact that they are sitting at home being depressed.
  - Zancarius 12y ago
    > Reading my Facebook feed is like watching a theatrical performance Great way to put it! The façade presented on Facebook often contributes to a feeling of inadequacy among more impressionable people precisely because of this. I found an article that's roughly along the lines of the one I had in mind (saw it here on HN about a year ago--but I've since lost it). Either way, this one is a pretty good review of some of the psychological factors you were alluding to in your previous post (and addressed in this one): http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/how-facebook-makes-us-unhappy http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/how-facebook-makes-us... While I doubt Stubb will see this comment, I think it's important to keep in mind that your original point was most assuredly not wrong. Edit: Ah! I think I found it (turns out they both cite separate studies that come to very similar conclusions): http://healthland.time.com/2013/01/24/why-facebook-makes-you-feel-bad-about-yourself/ http://healthland.time.com/2013/01/24/why-facebook-makes-you...
- Stubb 12y ago
  Right now, I could be posting pictures of the horrific amount of phlegm I'm coughing up while I recover from the flu. But I think I'll stick with pix from recent trips to Iceland. Mild depression seems a healthy response to seeing people do fun things while living a boring, monotonous life. Take a road trip, buy plane tickets somewhere fun, get out and live a little. We're not here forever.
  - Zancarius 12y ago
    > Right now, I could be posting pictures of the horrific amount of phlegm I'm coughing up while I recover from the flu. Even you have to admit, that would be a pretty gritty but realistic take on life. ;) That said, I'm not sure where your disagreement is. My assumption was correct about the OP's intent, so my next guess is that you're being contrarian simply for the sake of it.

So when I take a bad picture (happens regularly enough), I shouldn't delete it but instead post it to Facebook?

by Stubb 12y ago

So when I take a bad picture (happens regularly enough), I shouldn't delete it but instead post it to Facebook?

I suspect the OP doesn't mean bad as in poor quality but bad as in the more negative experiences in life. Most people rarely post anything but mostly positive experiences on Facebook. You occasionally see the more gritty reality of life bleed through around the edges, but in my experience, that's more of the exception than a rule. There was an article on HN some months back someone wrote that shared similar experiences and how Facebook feeds in general could lead to mild depression when someone sees their friends constantly doing fun or exciting things, going on vacation, etc., while they compare such activities against their own otherwise boring or monotonous life.

DavideNL 12y ago
Exactly. Reading my Facebook feed is like watching a theatrical performance, the stuff people post is not what really happens (it's often glorified), i assume because they want to present themselves to the world as if they are having a perfect life or something.. but meanwhile i know for a fact that they are sitting at home being depressed.
- Zancarius 12y ago
  > Reading my Facebook feed is like watching a theatrical performance Great way to put it! The façade presented on Facebook often contributes to a feeling of inadequacy among more impressionable people precisely because of this. I found an article that's roughly along the lines of the one I had in mind (saw it here on HN about a year ago--but I've since lost it). Either way, this one is a pretty good review of some of the psychological factors you were alluding to in your previous post (and addressed in this one): http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/how-facebook-makes-us-unhappy http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/how-facebook-makes-us... While I doubt Stubb will see this comment, I think it's important to keep in mind that your original point was most assuredly not wrong. Edit: Ah! I think I found it (turns out they both cite separate studies that come to very similar conclusions): http://healthland.time.com/2013/01/24/why-facebook-makes-you-feel-bad-about-yourself/ http://healthland.time.com/2013/01/24/why-facebook-makes-you...
Stubb 12y ago
Right now, I could be posting pictures of the horrific amount of phlegm I'm coughing up while I recover from the flu. But I think I'll stick with pix from recent trips to Iceland. Mild depression seems a healthy response to seeing people do fun things while living a boring, monotonous life. Take a road trip, buy plane tickets somewhere fun, get out and live a little. We're not here forever.
- Zancarius 12y ago
  > Right now, I could be posting pictures of the horrific amount of phlegm I'm coughing up while I recover from the flu. Even you have to admit, that would be a pretty gritty but realistic take on life. ;) That said, I'm not sure where your disagreement is. My assumption was correct about the OP's intent, so my next guess is that you're being contrarian simply for the sake of it.