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Poll: Do you think social media has affected your mental health negatively?
Give it to us straight. Be honest.
FACEBOOK FINALLY ADMITTED over the weekend that social media can be bad for your mental health.
While, naturally, the social media giant pointed out the benefits of social media – “it really comes down to how you use the technology”, a blog post by the company read – it said that some studies did show possible downsides to being on Facebook and similar networks.
“In general, when people spend a lot of time passively consuming information – reading but not interacting with people – they report feeling worse afterward,” it reads.
Do you think social media use has affected your mental health negatively?
Poll Results:
Definitely (3931)
Occasionally (2272)
It's all good actually (1048)
Not sure (823)
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