My first reaction to the question was one that Béatrice also had, it seems. Why pick on Facebook, when RG does the same thing? And yet, my second reaction is that "narcissism" might be overstated. In any social circle, even physical ones, don't we all want acceptance? Or are people narcissists, unless they are antisocial loners? I think that other people finding one's ideas agreeable ought to be very commonplace, the norm. May not be true 100% of the time, but surely, it ought to be the case more often than not!

Facebook is annoying because it sends reminders all the time and suggests all kinds of "friends" you do not want to have. Likes are probably narcissistic supply but so are scores on RG, in case you would be focused on that.

Dear Ms. s.Beatrice and all;

I partly agree with you, as facebook is too inform mostly all the

Personal information to everyone.

Kazuo Oie

Dear readers;

I had the page(Brog) on Schema therapy, which I quitted because FB is not interactive as ReearchGate. But FB stuff was friendly to me to advice how I could make popular esp.in Japan. Of course I intended not to make popular my clinic page. (Patients increased zero in reaction to my page rather than “ooieclinic1.com")

I was a narcissist to make inform especially how to get out or give remission to Borderline Personality Disorder Patients(BPD)?

Kazuo Oie

My first reaction to the question was one that Béatrice also had, it seems. Why pick on Facebook, when RG does the same thing? And yet, my second reaction is that "narcissism" might be overstated. In any social circle, even physical ones, don't we all want acceptance? Or are people narcissists, unless they are antisocial loners? I think that other people finding one's ideas agreeable ought to be very commonplace, the norm. May not be true 100% of the time, but surely, it ought to be the case more often than not!

Following

Dear all;

Respect your opponent and suspect yourself.

That is just the defect of facebook!

Kazuo Oie

s. Béatrice Marianne Ewalds-Kvist and Albert Manfredi :

I think there is much merit in your point that RG and other platforms employ the same type of features that feed the user narcissistic supply. And yes, much of life is about reinforcement and validation, and we must be wary to pathologize.

However, I do believe that FB has pioneered the model that RG and others mimic. And it is very notable that the platform is conducive to addiction. While RG serves a predominantly professional function, FB is a self-titled social network. Additionally, NPD involves a dependence on specific types of social interaction. So my question is whether FB has built their platform around the facilitation these types of interactions that are central to NPD and related PDs. I believe it is important to use FB as our main focus, given its enormous international presence.

I have an article pending publication on Brain Blogger. In the article I discuss the digital self as a 3rd type of self representation. And I differentiate ego-centrism from narcissism which I regard as as pathological. And I agree w/ Benjamin about the importance of validation. I am attaching my article.

Rich

Hello Benjamin Jurney,

I believe that the FB helps some people to reveal a kind of narcissistic avatar. In real life with real relationships these people are very different from their avatars. Being away from the other's gaze may give me the courage to speak or to reveal things I would not do face-to-face.

Lamartine

Hello Benjamin Jurney,

When the topics of discussion unleash passions as in politics (the election of Trump in the USA and of Bolsonaro in Brazil) the superego seems to be away giving way to quite primitive reactions. It does not matter to be right as long as you win a debate. I do not know if it is in the field of pathological narcissists but that they were temporarily affected, that they were.

Lamartine

Jose Lamartine de Andrade Lima-Neto : I like this distinction between avatar and self. What if your avatar meets criteria for NPD but you yourself don't? Fascinating

I agree with the scholars on here who rightly pointed out that RG and Facebook function in the same way when it comes to narcissistic tendencies. I must add that these platforms are far from being superficial. I have recently discovered that they are an effective tool of intellectual communication and collaboration.

Folks who indeed exhibit NPD show a grandiose ego and a defective superego. They are mostly driven by the more primal ID. Thus they resort to potent primary process rage reactions like the US POTUS!

Rich

This train of thought is continued at the below link:

https://www.researchgate.net/post/Is_Facebooks_model_built_around_the_false_self