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Does Facebook Lead To Loneliness?
臉譜會導致孤獨嗎？
Dear:A Moment of Science,
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I'm not a big Facebook user, but I have friends who are.
我不是臉譜的忠實用戶，但是我的一些朋友是。
And I've noticed that some of them are constantly updating their status.
而我注意到，一些人總是很頻繁在臉譜上更新個人狀態，
Where some people might post a message once a day, others seem to be posting something every few minutes.
一些人一天會發布一條消息，另外一些人看上去沒幾分鐘就會發布一次消息，
Can science help explain this phenomenon?
科學能對這種現象給予解釋么？
Interesting question.
這是很有趣的問題，
Of course, there are many reasons why people join and post stuff on Facebook.
盡管每個人注冊臉譜并發布信息的原因不盡相同，
But researchers have begun to study the phenomenon you describe.
但是科學家已經對你所提到的現象進行研究，
And they found that copious posting on Facebook may have something to do with loneliness.
而他們發現頻繁的在臉譜上發布消息可能與孤獨有關。
Specifically, the researchers found that people who update their status more often report feeling less lonely than people who post less often.
特別要一提的是，科學家發現經常更新狀態的人比不經常更新狀態的人要感覺更不孤獨。
Now, granted, the study looked at only 100 undergraduate students, around half of whom were instructed to update their status more frequently than they normally would.
當然，這項研究只對100名大學生進行研究，其中半數被研究者受到研究的指導性影響而比平時更頻繁地更新狀態。
And then they self reported on their levels of loneliness, happiness, depression, and so on.
然后讓這些同學自己報告各自的幸福感、孤獨感、失落感等等。
So this question requires more in depth research.
因此這個問題需要更深入的研究。
Still, it's a noteworthy finding.
但這仍是一個值得關注的發現。
Interestingly, the students who posted more did not report feeling happier, or less or more depressed.
有趣的是，經常發布消息的學生并沒有感到更幸福或者或多或少的失落，
So status updates seem to have something to do specifically with feeling less lonely and more socially connected.
看上去，更新狀態會減少個人的孤獨感以及增強社會歸屬感。
What I find even more interesting is that it did not seem to matter whether the students got any Likes or responses to their posts. Just the act of updating their status was enough to make them feel less lonely.
我注意到另外一個有趣的地方是，學生發布的信息是否得到別人的贊或者回應都無所謂，更新自己狀態這件事本身就可以讓他們感到不那么孤獨。
