Why some can't go without facebooking
What Can Psychology Tell Us About Why People Go To Facebook?
If you ask someone why they go on Facebook, you should get a lot of different responses. Some will say "I want to stay in touch with friends" or say: "I go just for fun". But are those the real reasons why people visit Facebook?
If you ask someone why they go on Facebook, you should get a lot of different responses. Some will say “I want to stay in touch with friends” or say: “I go just for fun”. But are those the real reasons why people visit Facebook? After all, some people (most?) can’t explain exactly why they did a particular thing. What are the real reasons why people use this social networking site? My plan is to explore this exact question below.
We’ll explore several studies which are mostly surveys asking students various questions on what they do on Facebook. Some responses are obvious but some are very, very interesting. Let’s get started.
Facebook and the Need to Belong
Facebook allows you to do several things, among others:
- Get into a group with people with common interests
- Express yourself on your wall post/on a group/page
Psychologists often say that people are social animals and have a ‘feeling to belong’ in a community. Things like groups allow you to get some of that feeling by joining. That’s probably the reason why groups/pages are so popular on Facebook.
Another need (mentioned byTony Schwarz as one of our core needs and also in the Maslow’s hierarchy of needs) is the need for self-expression. Facebook allows us to do just that almosteverywhere on the site. We can ‘like’ things and comment on almost everything (pictures, status updates, other comments, group and page discussions etc) 
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