Most friends post Facebook pictures to make you Jealous

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Most friends post Facebook pictures to make you jealous. Photo: AFPIf you believe in that stunning picture of your friend on Facebook showing an amazing scenery or attending a luxurious party, take another look. Chances are that he or she may just be trying to make you jealous of their “good life”.

According to a new British survey done by smartphone maker HTC, almost everybody lies on their Facebook and Instagram profiles to look good.

“Over two thirds of us post images to our profiles to make it look like we’re more adventurous than we are,” the findings revealed.

Nearly 75 percents of people admitted that they judge their friends based on what they see on Facebook, Instagram or Snapchat, Mirror.co.uk reported.

The survey asked questions to 4,004 people between ages 16 and 54 across Britain, Spain, France and Italy.

Of 1,000 Britons who were surveyed, 52 percent said they posted pictures “purely to make their friends and families jealous”.

“From snaps of people’s homes to perfectly laid out outfit shots, every images counts and smartphone photography has never been more important,” Peter Frolund, HTC general manager (UK & Ireland), was quoted as saying.

“When it comes to why we feel a desire to share our public displays of possessions, it’s all about impression management,” behavioural psychology Jo Hemmings was quoted as saying in the report.

A recent study involving 400 men and women published in the journal Social Networking found that the more people changed their profile picture, the more likely they were to report narcissistic traits.

The study also looked at the time they spent on Facebook and the words they used to rate their profile pictures.

Facebook obsession can lead girls to risky dieting

Facebook obsession can lead girls to risky dieting  By IANS . New York.. 


Women’s emotional attachment to Facebook can lead to poor perception of their body and also follow risky dieting, a study says.

The study included 128 college-aged women who completed an online survey about their eating habits and their emotional connection to Facebook—such as how much time they spent on the social networking site and number of Facebook friends—and whether they compared their bodies to friends’ bodies in online photos.

The study found that women who had a greater emotional connection to Facebook were more likely to compare their bodies to their friends’ bodies and to engage in more risky dieting, WebMD.com reported.
However, those who did not use the site to compare themselves to others were less likely to be concerned about body image or engage in risky dieting, the study found.
The University of North Carolina School of Medicine study was published in the Journal of Adolescent Health.
“I think that Facebook could be an amazing tool to nurture social support and connections with friends and families. And if you’re getting that kind of social support from the site, you might be less likely to be worried about your body size,” senior author Stephanie Zerwas wrote.
“But if you’re using it as a measuring stick to measure how your body appears in pictures compared to your friend’s body, Facebook could also be used as a tool to foster dangerous dieting behaviour,” she added.