"Ever notice those friends who are always online but never actually say anything? You know the ones-their green dot is perpetually lit, they view every story within seconds, but their own feeds are ghost towns. I became fascinated by this phenomenon after realizing I had several friends like this, people I knew were constantly scrolling but who hadn't posted anything in years."
"Research published in the Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology shows that passive social media consumption correlates strongly with upward social comparison-constantly measuring ourselves against those we perceive as better off. Silent scrollers often fall into what psychologists call the "comparison trap." They consume content voraciously but feel their own lives don't measure up to the curated highlights they see online."
Many social media users habitually observe without posting, keeping active presence while their own feeds remain empty. Silent scrollers display amplified social comparison, often experiencing stronger feelings of inadequacy when exposed to others' curated highlights. Passive consumption correlates with upward social comparison and a persistent tendency to measure personal worth against perceived better-off peers. Perfectionism and fear that personal content will not match idealized standards foster avoidance of posting. This pattern can produce paralysis that keeps observers on the sidelines, maintaining constant viewing habits but little creative or self-disclosing online participation.
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