Research Finds Social Media Makes People Overestimate How Often Rare Experiences Occur

Research Finds Social Media Makes People Overestimate How Often Rare Experiences Occur

By Jacob LevinImage: Swello - UnsplashPeople are naturally attracted to excitement. According to new Virginia Tech research, the same is true on social media, where feeds are overrun with international travels, skydiving, and other experiences that may seem out of the ordinary.When social media users constantly are shown rare and unique events, they overestimate how often those occur and seek to share their own. This unbalanced content stream cr…