A new study has linked social media to a longer lifespan. That's right, you read that right. A study of 12 million Facebook users found that those who use the social network to maintain and grow their real social ties live longer.
The study was conducted at the University of California, San Diego, and researchers William Hobbs and James Fowler collaborated with Facebook and Yale University. The research was published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and William Hobbs said of it: "Online interaction is healthy if online activity is moderate and complements live interaction. Only in extreme cases, where people spend a lot of time only online and do not connect with people in person, can we see negative effects."
Basically, this means that people who have strong social ties, they live longer and yes social networks only facilitate the whole process. Fowler adds that a balanced use of Facebook can represent lower risk of mortality.
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People of approximately the same age, birth, participated in the study between 1945 and 1989. These were then compared with those still alive and those who had died in the last six months. And the result? People who they use Facebook, they live longer.
