This is another reason for you to leave Facebook

News24xx.com - The series of controversies and scandals that have plagued Facebook lately should be enough to encourage users to deactivate their accounts. But this social media company headed by Mark Zuckerberg still remains as the largest social media in the world, with a total user of more than 2 billion.

Now, there is one more reason for users to leave Facebook, which is to get better mental health. The results of studies from Stanford University and New York University say that leaving Facebook for one month could make the users happier.

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Reported by from Phys.org, on Wednesday, February 13th 2019, researchers studied 2,844 people who spent an hour on Facebook in one day. Half of the participants were then asked to deactivate their account for four weeks and get paid USD 102. The researcher monitors their account to monitor if there are participants who cheat.

They also monitored the participants of this study via SMS to see how they felt. As a result, this study showed the tendency of participants who left Facebook to feel happier and managed to reduce their overall online activity. They also spend more time doing offline activities, such as socializing with family and friends.

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