face-NO-book will make you happier, fuck FB! Ditched!

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Life more fun without Facebook
AFP | 11 November, 2015 00:39
The study by the Happiness Research Institute involved a sample of 1095 people in Denmark who were divided into two groups: half of them continued using Facebook, the others stopped. File photo
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Facebook might be to blame if you believe the results of a study showing that people who go a week without using the social network are happier.

The study by the Happiness Research Institute involved a sample of 1095 people in Denmark who were divided into two groups: half of them continued using Facebook, the others stopped.

"We focused on Facebook because it is the social media that most people use across age groups," said Meik Wiking, the institute's chief executive, yesterday.

After a week, the people who had not been on Facebook said they had become more satisfied with their life, with 88% of them describing themselves as "happy" compared with 81% of the people in the second group.

About 84% said they appreciated their life, compared with 75% in the other group, and only 12% of the abstainers described themselves as dissatisfied, compared with 20% of those who continued using Facebook.

The abstainers reported having a richer social life and fewer difficulties in concentrating, whereas the others reported no such change.


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