Microsoft has reportedly confirmed that Facebook will develop an official application for its latest version of Windows 8WASHINGTON: In a bad mood? Log on to Facebook and find someone worse off! When people are in a bad mood, they are more likely to actively search social networking sites such as Facebook to find friends who are doing even worse than they are, a new study suggests.
People use social media to connect with people who are posting positive and success-oriented updates. "But, when people are in a negative mood, they start to show more interest in the less attractive, less successful people on their social media sites," said Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick, co-author of the study and professor of communication at The Ohio State University. These findings give more context to recent studies that found people who spend a lot of time on Facebook tend to be more frustrated, angry and lonely because e happy updates from friends make them feel inadequate. "People have the ability to manage how they use social media," said Benjamin Johnson, co-author of the study, an assistant professor at VU University Amsterdam.
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