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nomilk ◴[] No.43748834[source]
The surprise here is how little of an effect it has. Deactivating facebook makes you only 1/16th of one standard deviation happier. And instagram even less. And this was measured during elections, when the effect is likely to be greatest.

Kinda crazy that the magnitude is so small! (my next [admittedly rather cynical] thought is "who funded this?")

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1. rightbyte ◴[] No.43752906[source]
Well the study was a couple of weeks, right? I guess it takes time to rebound.