▁to ▁the ▁F OM O ▁sens ation . ▁People ▁develop ▁negative ▁feelings ▁and ▁emot ions ▁from ▁social ▁media ▁sites ▁because ▁of ▁env y ▁toward ▁others ’ ▁posts ▁and ▁lives . ▁Social ▁media ▁has ▁created ▁an ▁easy - to - access , ▁cent r ally ▁located ▁spot ▁for ▁people ▁to ▁constantly ▁refresh ▁their ▁fe eds ▁and ▁find ▁out ▁what ▁others ▁are ▁doing ▁at ▁that ▁exact ▁moment . ▁S nap chat ▁has ▁taken ▁this ▁idea ▁to ▁the ▁next ▁level . ▁ ▁People ▁post ▁S nap chat ▁stories , ▁which ▁are ▁a ▁collection ▁of ▁photos ▁and ▁videos ▁that ▁last ▁ 2 4 ▁hours , ▁of ▁almost ▁any ▁and ▁everything ▁in ▁their ▁lives . ▁ ▁This ▁may ▁be ▁anything ▁from ▁pictures ▁of ▁the ▁me al ▁they ▁just ▁a te ▁to ▁a ▁video ▁of ▁the ▁country ▁music ▁concert ▁they ▁are ▁att ending . ▁This ▁allows ▁users ▁to ▁see ▁all ▁the ▁fun ▁things ▁their ▁friends ▁have ▁done ▁throughout ▁the ▁last ▁day , ▁causing ▁F OM O ▁to ▁set ▁in . ▁Research ers ▁at ▁two ▁German ▁univers ities ▁looked ▁at ▁Facebook ▁data ▁and ▁found ▁that ▁people ▁had ▁negative ▁feelings ▁when ▁using ▁social ▁media ▁because ▁they ▁saw ▁the ▁seem ingly ▁“ per fect ” ▁lives ▁of ▁their ▁friends . ▁ ▁People ▁who ▁experience ▁F OM O ▁are ▁more ▁incl ined ▁to ▁use ▁social ▁media ▁sites ▁because ▁they ▁feel ▁the ▁need ▁to ▁always ▁" st ay ▁connected ". ▁Before ▁social ▁media ▁and ▁the ▁cell ▁phone ▁sur fac ed , ▁people ▁typically ▁only ▁knew ▁what ▁their ▁friends ▁were ▁doing ▁by ▁being ▁with ▁them