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

Posted by timothy on from the does-not-apply-to-slashdot-don't-worry dept.

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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    1. Re:In other words by dsmatthews9379 · · Score: 4, Informative

      Facebook is mind crack for fools. https://scholar.google.com/sch...

    2. Re:In other words by zifn4b · · Score: 4, Funny

      It's a self-reinforcing feedback loop.

      You actually just described the human brain...

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

    Study Finds Compulsive Facebook Usage Increases Sleep Deprivation

  3. Re:what? by someone1234 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I guess, it is when you sleep at the desk, face down on a book.

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