# Study finds people coming off facebook freed up 60 minutes a day, spent more time socializing offline, became less politically polarized, and reported improved subjective well-being

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**Created:** [April 18, 2020, 8:33am UTC](https://forum.orgones.co.uk/t/study-finds-people-coming-off-facebook-freed-up-60-minutes-a-day-spent-more-time-socializing-offline-became-less-politically-polarized-and-reported-improved-subjective-well-being/4765 "2020-04-18T08:33:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 8:33am UTC](https://forum.orgones.co.uk/t/study-finds-people-coming-off-facebook-freed-up-60-minutes-a-day-spent-more-time-socializing-offline-became-less-politically-polarized-and-reported-improved-subjective-well-being/4765/1 "2020-04-18T08:33:24Z")

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Can’t find the full text of this, but the abstract is as follows:

> Facebook users, randomized to deactivate their accounts for 4 weeks in exchange for $102, freed up an average of 60 minutes a day, spent more time socializing offline, became less politically polarized, and reported improved subjective well-being relative to controls. However, the treatment group also became less knowledgeable about current events. Allcott _et al._ report that after the 4-week deactivation period ended, the treated subjects’ Facebook use remained persistently lower than that of the controls, and treated subjects lowered the amount of compensation they would demand to deactivate their accounts for another 4 weeks.
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> _Am. Econ. Rev._ **110** , 629 (2020).

[https://science.sciencemag.org/content/368/6488/279.1](https://science.sciencemag.org/content/368/6488/279.1)