Poll: Do you think social media has affected your mental health negatively?

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By Fora Staff Monday 18 Dec 2017, 12:45 PM

Dec 18th 2017, 12:45 PM 21,752 Views 55 Comments

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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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Poll: Do you think social media has affected your mental health negatively?