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Comment on Why Web2.0 is exactly what we wanted by Online communities and offline brands: Who do you belong to? « The virtual happiness project

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:02:14 +0000

[...] from this criticism one could say that Maslow gives us a very clear framework to look at the satisfaction with our lives in relation to the [...]

Comment on Stumbling on happiness by Online communities and offline brands: Who do you belong to? « The virtual happiness project

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:42:57 +0000

[...] Introduction In his book “Stumbling on happiness” Dan Gilbert describes how human beings are very bad at making the right choices in their pursuit [...]

Comment on Scientists warn of Twitter and Facebook dangers by Internet Use Doesn’t Lead to Isolation « The virtual happiness project

Internet Use Doesn’t Lead to Isolation « The virtual happiness project — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:55:37 +0000

[...] of friends, little Jack has started spending many hours per day on social networking sites such as Facebook, which has turned him into a pale asocial freak. Oh, if only he’d never touched that cursed box [...]

Comment on Ignorance by Nick Kors

Nick Kors — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:00:36 +0000

Indeed this is true, very interesting blogging taking place here, ty for some great information.

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Comment on Does the Internet make us happy? by richard

richard — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:35:42 +0000

I suspect we will be able to say people are happier when using the web under certain conditions.

Comment on Facebook harms your health by richard

richard — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:57:33 +0000

I would be curious to what degree the amount of face-to-face interaction decreased from the time that television was introduced, and radio, for that matter. I suspect that the drops were more significant with the introduction of TV. Although people are spending more time on-line, it doesn’t follow that all that time “wasted” would have been spent interacting face to face. I suspect that much of that time would have been spent watching TV. Also, I wonder if the overall interaction among people (face-to-face + virtual) is increasing, and what impact does that have?

Comment on Happiness is contagious in social networks by richard

richard — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:50:07 +0000

This is an interesting study. For their face book study I think a better criteria for happiness would be to analyze the user’s posts than to use smiles in the profile pic.

Comment on Why Web2.0 is exactly what we wanted by richard

richard — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:29:56 +0000

This is an interesting metaphor, though there are some complications. For example, security remains a big issue on the web, which would seem to relate to the safety level, in that many people still struggle with perceptions of insecurity and lack of privacy on the web - seems like this relates to a more fundamental level of Maslow’s hierarchy.

Comment on “The internet is making me sad” by richard

richard — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 19:22:31 +0000

In looking over the descriptions of these studies, they definitely don’t appear to all support the idea that internet use makes you sad. It appears some do and some don’t, and some aren’t realted - the relationship between internet use and happiness is, not surprisingly, moderated by other things.

Comment on Facebook harms your health by Jim Stolze » Internet heeft positief effect op vriendschap

Jim Stolze » Internet heeft positief effect op vriendschap — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:22:31 +0000

[...] Meneer Sigman. is nog een van de weinige wetenschappers die de “displacement”-hypothese aanhangt. Oftewel, dat online vrienden de plek in nemen van offline vrienden. Niets is minder waar. De meest recente onderzoeken laten zien dat online juist een stimulator” is voor offline vriendschappen. [...]