So Why Do We REALLY Post on Facebook?
I've always wondered why. Meals prepared for company. A child's A in Spanish (guilty!). A million pictures of a vacation (OK, so I was jealous). Why do people post these things on Facebook? Now researchers may know. According to a new study, people may do it to express feelings you don’t normally feel comfortable sharing with other people. And some of us feel more comfortable expressing ourselves to hundreds of Facebook acquaintances than to a few face-to-face, in-the-flesh friends, according to research by Albright College assistant professor of psychology Gwendolyn Seidman, Ph.D. Newswise.com reports that Seidman discovered that people "who are more comfortable expressing their true self online will post on Facebook more often and will post more personally revealing information and emotional content." These people, said Seidman, are more likely to be seeking attention, acceptance and validation from others. But do they get it? No, says the ...