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Narcissists, Insecure People Flock To Facebook
Meshach writes "A study out of Canada claims that Facebook is a magnet for narcissists and people with low self-esteem. The theory is that these people use the site as a means of self promotion or to feel important."
I mean, really, WOW!
Their may be a grammatical error, misspeling, or evn a typo in this post.
They needed a fucking study to see that ?
No doubt they do. And they are probably among millions of others who go there to keep connected with friends that they wouldn't otherwise be able to. Vain people look in mirrors a lot. Does that mean only people who are vain own mirrors? What a ridiculous study.
You mean these people who used to (I deactivated my facebook account long ago) annoy the arse out of me with their childrens every bowel movement and that their workout was great are narcissists? And just want attention? I sense a book on facebook addiction and overcoming it coming out soon.
I can't wait to hear what they have to say about Slashdot.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
Most of my friends that are still active facebookers tend to use it for business means. One amusing direction for facebook would be a bunch of promoters saying "Hey, come to my club, you're cool just for coming!" and narcissists thinking, "Yeah, I should definitely go, it'll make me look cooler!" and in the end, facebook will be win-win-win, where the promoters, the narcissists, and the sane minority all get their way.
"Going to war without the French is like going deer hunting without your accordion." ~General Norman Schwarzkopf
One could just as easily say the same about people who publish "studies."
everyone?
One of our competitors trademarked the term "hypothesis". From now on, we will call them "boneheaded ideas".
I just use it to play Farmville.
According to TFA the study sample involved college students. What about other demographic groups? For most of the more "mature" folks I know that use Facebook it's a means of keeping in touch with distant friends, or to maintain a bit of social connection in a life dominated by work and family obligations.
In a band? Use WheresTheGig for free.
I found facebook as a great place to reconnect for the first time with girls that used to be pretty in high school, clinging to their pregnancy photos as though they were my own children, laughing with them.. printing them out and putting them on my fridge.. It's also a great place to have a decent, private conversation with your best friend's mom without him "getting all weird about this". A place for adults to communicate as they wish. A place for grownups.
slashdot: where everyone yells sarcastic metaphors to themselves to understand the issue
"Heaviest users of Facebook are Narcissists, Insecure" is more appropriate title.
Well, there's spam egg sausage and spam, that's not got much spam in it.
Seriously.
Slashdot's rate-of-post filter: Preventing you from posting too many great ideas at once.
Isn't Mark Zuckerberg known to be a complete jerk and a narcissist?
Non impediti ratione cogitationus.
Is this really news? Southpark already pointed out the obvious.
In remember when I only heard the word "narcissist" and "narcissism" in the college classroom and in self help books. But in the last 2 years I think its usage has been climbing dramatically. Anyone with Lexus-Nexus access care to check? I think it was a lyric in a few pop songs so maybe that's the cause.....
Note, this study had a sample size of 100 college students, possibly self selected (selection criteria wasn't readily presented). It's really dubious to make a generalization on that.
There is no silver bullet. Plus, werewolves make better neighbors than zombies or vampires anyway.
there's probably an even larger group of users who are grandchildren. Grandchildren who, when trolling for sex on facebook, should probably remember that they have friended their grandparents... (And yes, studies confirm that 100% of facebook users are grandchildren of someone.)
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
Or do they just post journals to slashdot?
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I find it humorous that so many Slashdotters bag on Facebook users, who are apparently self-absorbed. Tell me you don't give a rat's ass how your Slashdot comments are moderated. Tell me you've never looked to see how many people are interested in reading your comments. I know there will always be those who profess to be completely disinterested in their social standing in Slashdot, but methinks the number who actually don't give a damn is smaller than the number who make that claim.
Read the EFF's Fair Use FAQ
I think you mean Lexis-Nexis, but you'll definitely find more narcissists at the Lexus Nexus. All of them far too important to use a turn signal.
Oh, and I have a sig line, too! Gary Numan is cool!
Bow-ties are cool.