Envy on Facebook: A Hidden Threat to Users' Life Satisfaction?

@inproceedings{Krasnova2013EnvyOF,
  title={Envy on Facebook: A Hidden Threat to Users' Life Satisfaction?},
  author={Hanna Krasnova and H. Wenninger and T. Widjaja and Peter Buxmann},
  booktitle={Wirtschaftsinformatik},
  year={2013}
}
The wealth of social information presented on Facebook is astound- ing. [...] Key Result From a provider's perspective, our findings signal that users frequently perceive Facebook as a stressful environ- ment, which may, in the long-run, endanger platform sustainability.Expand
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