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Even on Instagram, teens mostly feel bored
New research from the University of Washington finds, though, that while some teens do experience negative feelings when using Instagram, the dominant feeling they have around the platform is boredom. They open the app because they’re bored. Then they sift through largely irrelevant content, mostly feeling bored, while seeking interesting bits to share with their friends in direct messages — the most constant source of connection they found on the platform. Then, eventually bored with what researchers call a “content soup,” they log off.
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