Sharing selfies too much on social media can lead to decreased intimacy with your near and dear ones, a study has found.
According
to British researchers, people who post too many photos of themselves
on social media run the risk of damaging real-life relationships.
“People,
other than very close friends and relatives, do not seem to relate well
to those who constantly share photos of themselves,” said lead
researcher David Houghton from the Birmingham Business School at the
University of Birmingham.
The
researchers found that an increased level of sharing photos of the self
prompted a decreased level of support – in terms of “likes” achieved –
from friends and colleagues.
“It is
worth remembering that the information we post to our friends on
Facebook, actually gets viewed by lots of different categories of people
and each group seems to take a different view of the information
shared,” Houghton explained.
He also found that partners in relationships feel less supported when people share more photos of friends than family.
“Young
women were most likely to find support in the form of ‘likes’ on
Facebook. Older users and men received less support when they shared
online,” the study noted.
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