New Research Reveals ‘Central Link’ Between Computer Use and Mental Disorders
Facebook, Twitter and Skype users, be warned. New research has found a “central link” between mental health disorders and intensive computer use.
Facebook, Twitter and Skype users, be warned. New research has found a “central link” between mental health disorders and intensive computer use.
Earlier this week, Facebook changed all the default email addresses on its users’ profiles to a brand new address, @facebook.com. Sneaky yes, but was it really that big of a deal? Probably not since very few people are ever going to navigate through a Facebook profile to get an email address when it’s so much easier and more reliable to use Facebook’s internal messaging system.
However, the folks at Thank for You for Not Laughing have found other recent tweaks Facebook has made that are far more dubious.
Last week ReShonda Tate Billingsley caught her 12 year old daughter postaing a naughty photo. In the photo her 12 year old was holding a bottle of Vodka, with a caption that said "I sure wish I could drink this
Facebook only allows people 13 and over to sign up for an account — but the social site’s founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, wants that to change.
It’s pretty common for companies to scout out the social media accounts of prospective hires — and now a new study from Northern Illinois University says Facebook profiles are actually a pretty good predictor of job performance.