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Happiness is contagious in social networks
I stumbled upon this CNN story about a medical/psychiatry study...
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Happiness is contagious in social networks
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- Study: Happiness spreads more reliably than unhappiness in a network
- You are 15 percent more likely to be happy if your direct connection is happy
- People who smile on Facebook are generally friends with other smilers
- Cigarette smoking and obesity also spread in social networks
"New research shows that in a social network, happiness spreads among people up to three degrees removed from one another. That means when you feel happy, a friend of a friend of a friend has a slightly higher likelihood of feeling happy too.
The lesson is that taking control of your own happiness can positively affect others, says James Fowler, co-author of the study and professor of political science at the University of California in San Diego."
Given the generally bad mood in the US regarding the economy and some issues and forum discussion about the av123 thread, I thought this was interesting.
This study agree with my impressions of the positive energy that people feel on the forums when they read posts from people they know or don't know with about new gear excitement, show pics, etc.
Mike
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Happiness is contagious in social networks
Story Highlights
- Study: Happiness spreads more reliably than unhappiness in a network
- You are 15 percent more likely to be happy if your direct connection is happy
- People who smile on Facebook are generally friends with other smilers
- Cigarette smoking and obesity also spread in social networks
"New research shows that in a social network, happiness spreads among people up to three degrees removed from one another. That means when you feel happy, a friend of a friend of a friend has a slightly higher likelihood of feeling happy too.
The lesson is that taking control of your own happiness can positively affect others, says James Fowler, co-author of the study and professor of political science at the University of California in San Diego."
Given the generally bad mood in the US regarding the economy and some issues and forum discussion about the av123 thread, I thought this was interesting.
This study agree with my impressions of the positive energy that people feel on the forums when they read posts from people they know or don't know with about new gear excitement, show pics, etc.
Mike
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