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The effect of deactivating Facebook and Instagram on users' emotional state

(www.nber.org)
506 points imakwana | 1 comments | 21 Apr 25 04:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.292s | source
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Key finding: Social media breaks work, but asymmetrically. FB abstinence helps Gen X mental health (+0.06σ), IG detox aids young women (+0.04σ). Yet zero-sum platform switching remains unstudied.