Materialists collect Facebook friends and spend more time on social media

(Elsevier) If you're materialistic, you're likely to use Facebook more frequently and intensely. A new paper in Heliyon reveals that materialistic people see and treat their Facebook friends as 'digital objects,' and have significantly more friends than people who are less interested in possessions. It also shows that materialists have a greater need to compare themselves with others on Facebook.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news