Learning Side by Side » cnn http://johnrivera.edublogs.org Just freelance commentary and logs of my latest "learnings"! Tue, 16 Dec 2008 05:04:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Spreading Happiness http://johnrivera.edublogs.org/2008/12/08/spreading-happiness/ http://johnrivera.edublogs.org/2008/12/08/spreading-happiness/#comments Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:32:35 +0000 johnrivera http://johnrivera.edublogs.org/?p=40 I knew there was something to this social network thing I participate in.  Elizabeth Landau of CNN wrote an article called Happiness is contagious in social networks.  It essentially states that someone who is happy in a social network makes others happy.  And a happy face in a Facebook profile picture attracts other smiling friends to that person.  According to the following video, your health is also affected positively by the gift of happiness.

I was concerned that I may need to unfriend my Facebook and Twitter friends with profile pictures that don’t smile, but apparently I just have to make sure I have an exponentionally higher number of happy people to bring my own joy meter up.  Anyways, it’s time to spread some cheer.  So, are you smiling in your profile picture?

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