Comments on: Is Facebook a digital antidepressant? http://www.freshnetworks.com/blog/2009/01/are-social-networks-a-digital-antidepressant/ Social media agency, online communities, marketing Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:39:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: FreshNetworks Blog » Blog Archive » Why online communities benefit from our desire to be heard http://www.freshnetworks.com/blog/2009/01/are-social-networks-a-digital-antidepressant/comment-page-1/#comment-2276 FreshNetworks Blog » Blog Archive » Why online communities benefit from our desire to be heard Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:37:14 +0000 http://www.freshnetworks.com/blog/?p=457#comment-2276 [...] last couple of days we’ve been posting about how people behave in social networks, whether Facebook is a digital antidepressant and if we tell the truth in social networks. As human beings we want to be heard, we want our [...] [...] last couple of days we’ve been posting about how people behave in social networks, whether Facebook is a digital antidepressant and if we tell the truth in social networks. As human beings we want to be heard, we want our [...]

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]]> By: Elena http://www.freshnetworks.com/blog/2009/01/are-social-networks-a-digital-antidepressant/comment-page-1/#comment-2270 Elena Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:18:13 +0000 http://www.freshnetworks.com/blog/?p=457#comment-2270 Matt, Great post. I've been thinking a lot about this (and still am) and written something in my blog, and am somewhat now leaning towards thinking that WHAT we portray on social networks is in direct relation to WHO we portray (or think we portray) it to. Matt,
Great post.
I’ve been thinking a lot about this (and still am) and written something in my blog, and am somewhat now leaning towards thinking that WHAT we portray on social networks is in direct relation to WHO we portray (or think we portray) it to.

]]> By: Matt http://www.freshnetworks.com/blog/2009/01/are-social-networks-a-digital-antidepressant/comment-page-1/#comment-2267 Matt Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:11:20 +0000 http://www.freshnetworks.com/blog/?p=457#comment-2267 Hey Charlie, Thanks for the comment. I think you're right that social networks lead to people deciding what particular image of themselves they want to portray (think of how we represent ourselves on Facebook as opposed to LinkedIn, for example) and as such it does make it a difficult area for research. We've written more about these kind of things on the blog (check out our thoughts on online research communities here) and will be writing more about this over the next few days Matt Hey Charlie,

Thanks for the comment. I think you’re right that social networks lead to people deciding what particular image of themselves they want to portray (think of how we represent ourselves on Facebook as opposed to LinkedIn, for example) and as such it does make it a difficult area for research.

We’ve written more about these kind of things on the blog (check out our thoughts on online research communities here) and will be writing more about this over the next few days

Matt

]]> By: Charlie http://www.freshnetworks.com/blog/2009/01/are-social-networks-a-digital-antidepressant/comment-page-1/#comment-2265 Charlie Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:36:31 +0000 http://www.freshnetworks.com/blog/?p=457#comment-2265 Wow those Frenchies sure love to philosophise. Great post. Good food for thought. I think that the desire, mentioned above, to promote a perfect image of yourself (lets face it, no one publishes a photo of them looking their worst) is what makes the use of regular social networks (like Bebo, Facebook or MySpace) for research such a danger. People are perhaps unlikely to say their favorite pop group is the Spice Girls even if that's the case. Wow those Frenchies sure love to philosophise. Great post. Good food for thought.

I think that the desire, mentioned above, to promote a perfect image of yourself (lets face it, no one publishes a photo of them looking their worst) is what makes the use of regular social networks (like Bebo, Facebook or MySpace) for research such a danger. People are perhaps unlikely to say their favorite pop group is the Spice Girls even if that’s the case.

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