Para.7 3.Stamp out shyness and loneliness. In a soon-to-be-published Carnegie Mellon study,researchers who surveyed more than 1,100 avid Facebook-using adults found that receiving messages from friends and consuming info from friends' news feeds boosted feelings of connectedness,especially in people with self-described "low social skills."Authors say that for shy people,gleaning information from news feeds and profiles can help start conversations they otherwise might not be comfortable enough to strike up."People who are uncomfortable chatting face to face gain more through their use of the site,"says study co-author Moira Burke, a PhD candidate in the university's Human-Computer Interaction Institute.Para.7 3. Stamp out shyness and loneliness. In a soon-to-be-published Carnegie Mellon study, researchers who surveyed more than 1,100 avid Facebook-using adults found that receiving messages from friends and consuming info from friends’ news feeds boosted feelings of connectedness, especially in people with self-described “low social skills.” Authors say that for shy people, gleaning information from news feeds and profiles can help start conversations they otherwise might not be comfortable enough to strike up. “People who are uncomfortable chatting face to face gain more through their use of the site,” says study co-author Moira Burke, a PhD candidate in the university’s Human-Computer Interaction Institute