# More Evidence of Facebook's Negative Impact - Study Hacks - Cal Newport

<https://www.calnewport.com/blog/2020/03/10/more-evidence-of-facebooks-negative-impact/>

- Host: [calnewport.com](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/calnewport.com/)
- Saved: March 12, 2020 (2020-03-13T02:19:37Z)
- Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/838d08c03f24/
- JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/838d08c03f24.json

## What Jamie wrote

I’m not sure we need more evidence of this, but why not.

> Personal impacts were measured with online surveys administered at regular intervals. To summarize the paper’s main findings:
> 
> > “Life satisfaction significantly increased, and depressive symptoms significantly decreased. Moreover, frequency of physical activity such as jogging or cycling significantly increased, and number of daily smoked cigarettes decreased. Effects remained stable during follow-up (three months). Thus, less time spent on Facebook leads to more well-being and a healthier lifestyle.”

Delete your account and you'll be happier and have more time for other things. What is the downside?

## Facts

- Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/)

## Appears in

- [WT139: Weekly Thing #139 / Control, Energy](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/139/), Recommended Links

## Same host

- [Top Economists Study What Happens When You Stop Using Facebook - Study Hacks - Cal Newport](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/5d9eb3ab858f/) (calnewport.com, March 2, 2020)
- [The Deep Life: Some Notes - Study Hacks - Cal Newport](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/ce32b09abf73/) (calnewport.com, March 19, 2020)
- [The Underappreciated Impact of the Attention Redistribution Revolution - Study Hacks - Cal Newport](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/d1950075e78b/) (calnewport.com, April 2, 2020)
- [Nick Saban Just Got Email - Study Hacks - Cal Newport](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/664541b13125/) (calnewport.com, April 16, 2020)
- [Beyond the Inbox: Rules for Reducing Email - Study Hacks - Cal Newport](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/a0b7c4cd5c29/) (calnewport.com, April 16, 2020)

## Saved the same week

- [The U.S. Isn't Ready for What's About to Happen - The Atlantic](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/3368bcc75be8/) (theatlantic.com, March 12, 2020)
- [Live Blog: Get Smart about the Coronavirus Pandemic – On my Om](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/9fae0040b538/) (om.co, March 12, 2020)
- [Things Debuts Modernized Apple Watch App - MacStories](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/39416d5bd6f5/) (macstories.net, March 12, 2020)
- [Delta Air Lines coronavirus response beats the other US airlines - without bullshit](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/657d0b2e54e5/) (withoutbullshit.com, March 12, 2020)
- [Coronavirus: nine reasons to be reassured | World news | The Guardian](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/8c0add22eab3/) (theguardian.com, March 12, 2020)

## Elsewhere

- Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.calnewport.com/blog/2020/03/10/more-evidence-of-facebooks-negative-impact/