Monday, November 24, 2008

Facebook has A Eating Disorder

The social network giant Facebook isn’t cutting back on calories, just deleting groups and user accounts that support anorexia. These groups known as “pro-ana” have for years “been a controversial internet fixture, with users sharing extreme diet tips and posting pictures of emaciated girls.” However, since making the move to Facebook, these groups have become more personal and larger in number, with some groups collecting thousands of members. “Many pro-ana Facebookers say the groups provide an invaluable support system to help them cope with their disease, but psychologists worry that the growth of such groups could encourage eating disorders in others.”
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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Good job by Facebook continuing to police their site and try to keep it free from all the hateful negative things people come up with...seriously how could anyone make a group that is positive towards eating disorders...geez