Five Things Your Facebook Posts Could Reveal About Your Personality -...

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11/3/2016about our internal thoughts in exchange for ‘Likes’ might not actually be too good for us.

In fact, using social networks is often driven by feelings of envy – or insecurity – and your posts could actually be revealing that to the world.

If you constantly post about how ‘in love’ you are, you’re probably insecure.

Another recent study revealed that people who posted regularly about their romantic partner often had low self-esteem, according to the Brunel University researchers, who surveyed 555 Facebook users.

Posting infinitely about ‘happy’ moments shows you’re envious

Researchers at the University of British Columbia and the Technische Universität Darmstadt found a disturbing level of ‘bad’ emotions among Facebook users.

The researchers surveyed 1193 students, and asked them about their feelings as they read Facebook.

People feel jealous after seeing ‘happy’ moments in other people’s lives, such as holiday photos – and post in an attempt to ‘keep up’ with them.

Gym selfies are a sign of narcissism

A Brunel University study showed that people who post a lot of selfies are more probably to be narcissistic – a personality trait where people ‘need’ attention.

The researchers wrote, ‘Narcissists also wrote more status updates about their diet and exercise routine, suggesting that they use Facebook to show the effort they put into their physical appearance.’

Rapid-fire responses could show that you’re shallow and uncaring.

Researchers at the University of Windsor interviewed 149 volunteers – and found that people who use ‘rapid’ social media (ie in 10-minute bursts) tend to be ‘morally shallow’.

People who used ‘rapid’ social media the most were less likely to rate long-term goals – like friends or community – as important, and tended to focus on fame and pleasure instead.

Whoring yourself for ‘Likes’ actually makes people hate you

Dr Tara Marshall, from Brunel University London, said: “Although our results suggest that narcissists’ bragging pays off because they receive more likes and comments to their status updates, it could be that their Facebook friends politely offer support while secretly disliking such egotistical displays.

‘Greater awareness of how one’s status updates might be perceived by friends could help people to avoid topics that annoy more than they entertain.’

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