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61% of the participants felt worse after finding out someone “unfriended” them, and 59% were upset after someone posted a negative or critical comment on their profile
57% said after going on social media they’ve felt that someone they follow has a better life than they do
59% felt sad after seeing photos from a party they didn’t attend posted on social media and 45% were unhappy after seeing photos from a friend’s happy holiday outing
58% were angered by a photo a friend posted of them online that they didn’t want made public
54% felt upset when no one liked or commented on a photo they posted
42% were jealous when they saw a friend had more likes or comments than they did on a status update
Just 31% of people aren’t bothered by the number of likes they receive on a post
24% of men said they worry that if they get few like, their friends will think that they are unpopular, compared to one-in-six (17%) women
To get more likes, 32% of men said they’d post something funny about a friend, compared to 21% of women