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February 8th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda TUESDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) —
Using Facebook can be bad for people with low self-esteem, a new study
suggests.
Canadian researchers found people with low self-esteem deluge their
Facebook friends with negative details about their lives, which makes them
less likeable.
The findings, published online Feb. 7 in the journal Psychological
Science, were unexpected, according to the researchers.
Many people with low self-esteem are uncomfortable sharing their
thoughts and feelings face-to-face, but Facebook enables them to do this
remotely, explained study author Amanda Forest, a graduate student at the
University of Waterloo, in Ontario.
“We had this idea that Facebook could be a really fantastic place for
people to strengthen their relationships,” Forest said in a journal news
release.
However, while people with low self-esteem may feel safer making
personal disclosures on Facebook, doing so may actually cause them social
harm.
“If you’re talking to somebody in person and you say something, you
might get some indication that they don’t like it, that they’re sick of
hearing your negativity,” Forest said.
But when people have a negative reaction to a post on Facebook, they
tend to keep it to themselves.
“On Facebook, you don’t see most of the reactions,” Forest said.
More information
The Nemours Foundation explains how parents can help build their
children’s self-esteem.
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