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Study Finds Sleep Deprivation Increases Compulsive Facebook Usage (thestack.com)

An anonymous reader writes: A study at UC Irvine has taken a reverse approach to the customary interest in the relationship between technology and tiredness, finding that people who make themselves tired through excessive use of social media such as Facebook are considerably more likely to continue compulsive use of it and deepen their exhaustion. Lead researcher Gloria Mark says "If you're being distracted, what do you do? You go to Facebook. It's lightweight, it's easy, and you're tired."

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  1. In other words by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's a self-reinforcing feedback loop.

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  2. Typo, should have read.. by JeremyWH · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Study Finds Compulsive Facebook Usage Increases Sleep Deprivation