UNPOPULAR AND PROUD OF IT
If the more you crave popularity the more you use Facebook, what does that say about us Luddites who’ve deleted our accounts?
A recent study published in the journal “Social Psychological and Personality Science” found that adults have almost as much need for being popular on Facebook as teenagers do. And people who crave acceptance are more likely to share personal updates and post birthday greetings on friends’ walls, said Emily Christofides, lead author of the study.