"Sharing or viewing filtered selfies in Stories made people feel worse"

"Sharing or viewing filtered selfies in Stories made people feel worse" "In Stories, sharing or viewing more filtered selfies (i.e., that had a color filter or a camera AR effect) was associated with increased negative comparison. The effects of filters are weaker for Feed, likely because Feed camera filters are less selfie-centric." "More generally, sharing selfies (both filtered or not; and to Feed or Stories) is also associated with increased negative comparison, but this effect is weaker." "Method: We measured how social comparison differed based on proportion of either viewed or shared photos that were taken using the front-facing camera and/or had a filter applied in a regression controlling for gender, teen/non-teen, follower count, following count, whether account is private, and country." "Seeing these camera effects can lead to more negative comparison: Why? These may focus on beautification; heart eyes may be interpreted as showing off a relationship." "Seeing these camera effects can lead to more positive comparison: Why? These tend to be more 'fun', focusing on additional objects or taking part in a challenge." [Speaker notes]: "Some possible reasons: More negative; Heart eyes may indicate being in love, and we know from qual research that seeing others in relationships makes people envious The other two also seem to be more of the skin-smoothing/beautifying-type More positive: These filters are more 'fun' - adding a halo, sunglasses, or doing a challenge"