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Depressed People Surf the Web Differently

Posted by Soulskill on from the quick-distractions dept.

An anonymous reader sends this excerpt from Medical Daily: "Researchers led by Sriram Chellappan from the Missouri University of Science and Technology, collected internet usage data from 216 college students enrolled at the university. The usage data was collected anonymously without interfering with the student’s normal internet usage for a month. The students were tested to see if they had symptoms of depression and analyzed internet usage based on the results. Depressed students tended to use the internet in much different ways than their non-depressed classmates. Depressed students used file-sharing programs, like torrents or online sharing sites, more than non-depressed students (PDF). Depressed students also chatted more and sent more emails out. Online video viewing and game playing were also more popular for depressed students."

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  1. Re:So WTF do the non-depressed do with the interne by JustOK · · Score: 4, Funny

    no point in waiting from some non-depressed (and non-maniacal) person to stop by here and let us know.

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  2. Dressed People by Bigby · · Score: 5, Funny

    I read the title as "dressed" people. I thought, "well of course dressed people surf the Internet differently than naked people".

  3. They post on Slashdot by MrEricSir · · Score: 5, Funny

    Duh! Slashdot makes everyone happy!

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  4. Re:So WTF do the non-depressed do with the interne by nospam007 · · Score: 3, Funny

    "File-sharing, chatting, email,..."

    They have it backwards.
    If you watched lots of shared Hollywood crap, you'd be depressed too.

  5. Re:To paraphrase TFA and Steven Wright by SIR_Taco · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wouldn't they drown then?

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  6. Re:RTFA by wrencherd · · Score: 5, Funny

    You should think about changing your userid to "ReallyReallyReallySadBob".

    Linux is cool though . . .

  7. Re:So WTF do the non-depressed do with the interne by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    We sometimes, I shit you not, type to each other over instant messaging through our computers while IN THE SAME ROOM.

    yeah ... here in the office, we call that "working" and we do it 10 hours a day.

  8. Re:RTFA by NoSleepDemon · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah but no one goes there, it's way too depressing.