Study Links Facebook Workout Posts To The Traits Of A Narcissist

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A new study of Facebook users has found that people who post about their fitness are probably narcissists.

Long Story

Apparently, if you post your latest workout on Facebook you could have a tendency towards narcissism. That's what researchers from Brunel University in London are claiming, anyway.

The researchers surveyed 555 Facebook users about their personality traits. The data that came back revealed that the stuff we choose to post on our feeds are influenced by those traits.

People who are more inclined towards narcissism post a lot about their own achievements, including things like smashing your PB at the gym, according to the study.

"Narcissists also wrote more status updates about their diet and exercise routine, suggesting that they use Facebook to broadcast the effort they put into their physical appearance," said the researchers.

Though the posts may get loads of likes, the likes only serve to feed the cycle of validation.

At the other end of the spectrum, the study also found that those with low-self-esteem were more likely to post about their other half. Interesting.

Of course, all of this is not to say that just because you posted once about your workout (which you were proud of) you're a narcissist. But it's an interesting insight รข€“ next time you see someone boasting constantly about their fitness wins this could be why.

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What about people who always post funny pictures of cats? Anything about them?

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Whatever. Check out how far I ran today.

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The Facebook 'like' button was nearly an 'awesome' button but, even though developers were keen on the idea, Mark Zuckerberg ultimately vetoed it in favour for the word 'like' in 2007.



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