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Bentham's Bulldog's avatar

One other thing that might cause this, discussed a bit by Singal and Hertzog, is that there is a glorification of being sad or depressed. Depression is seen as evidence of deepness. The destigmatization of mental illness has, perhaps, gone too far to the point of valorization.

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SolarxPvP's avatar

I think there needs to be studies forthat control for what people follow/watch/read on social media. Have a group that follows news accounts and a group that follows meme accounts and family/friends and compare their happiness afterwards.

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