經常曬照片嗎？要小心了！

In this age of Internet sharing， nothing is more common than the microblog photo update. But a new University of Birmingham study on photo sharing has revealed that photo updates might be a quick way to lose friends.

Photos may ruin your relationships with friends， relatives and colleagues who do not like sharing photos of themselves. Partners who shared more photos of events led to a decrease in intimacy. Similarly， a close friend who shared more photos of friends could also have a negative effect on the relationship.

A survey of more than 500 microblog users found the numbers and subjects of the photos have an effect on the level of support and intimacy within relationships.

Dr David Houghton， of Birmingham Business School， said， “Our research found those who often post photos on microblog risk ruining real life relationships. This is because people， other than very close friends and relatives， don’t seem to relate well to those who keep sharing photos of themselves.”

Interesting， right？ The result shows that your friends don’t like to see photos of you with other friends， because they’re not involved in the photos and perhaps feel left out， or are just not interested in what you’re doing with other people.

The researchers also suggest big brand advertising campaigns， which encourage people to post photos of themselves with the product on microblog， risk ruining the relationships between their “fans”.

網絡分享盛行的年代，在微博分享照片再普遍不過。但根據伯明翰大學最新的一項研究表明，在網絡上分享照片會讓人很快失去朋友。

太多照片可能破壞你與不喜歡分享照片的朋友、親人和同事之間的關系。伙伴間分享的照片越多，關系就越會疏遠。同樣，好友之間，如果越多曬出朋友的照片，也會有可能對友情產生消極影響。

一項對超過500名微博用戶的調查顯示，曬出照片的質量和主題對人際關系的親疏會產生影響。

伯明翰大學商學院的大衛·霍頓博士表示：“我們的研究發現，頻繁在網絡上曬照片會惡化現實生活中的人際關系。這是由于，除了親朋好友以外，人們似乎不喜歡與常分享照片的人相處。”

很有趣吧？這項結果表明，你的朋友并不喜歡看你和其他朋友玩樂的照片。這是因為沒有出現在照片里，他們倍感忽視；或只是因為對你和其他人在做的事不感興趣。

研究者還認為，鼓勵人們在微博上發布與產品合照的品牌宣傳活動，也可能破壞他們與“粉絲”之間的關系。

Vocabulary

microblog： 微博。

decrease： 減少；下降。

intimacy： 親密（感）；親近。

left out：忽視；被遺忘

brand： 品牌。

campaign： 活動；競選運動。

encourage： 鼓勵，鼓舞；支持；促進。