TIL that machine learning, using data from Instagram, has been used to successfully identify markers of depression. The results, published in 2017, provided new avenues for early screening and detection of mental illness. User Meanderingscientist, in the Today I Learned (TIL) subreddit, 14 Jul 2021
Research done on Mturk shows that pictures on your Instagram are a predictor for depression. User Mickhead, in the Turkkit. subreddit, 09 Aug 2017
Instagram photos reveal predictive markers of depression User qznc_bot, in the Hacker News subreddit, 08 Aug 2017
Instagram photos reveal predictive markers of depression | EPJ Data Science User fantastic_comment, in the Down with Facebook subreddit, 08 Aug 2017
People with depression tend to post darker Instagrams, based on a computer model analyzing 43,000 photos that correctly identified people with depression 70% of the time, better than the average primary care doctor who correctly diagnose depression about 50% of the time based on previous studies. User John_Broad, in the Psychology subreddit, 08 Aug 2017
People with depression tend to post darker Instagrams, based on a computer model analyzing 43,000 photos that correctly identified people with depression 70% of the time, better than the average primary care doctor who correctly diagnose depression about 50% of the time based on previous studies. User mvea, in the Future(s) Studies subreddit, 08 Aug 2017
People with depression tend to post darker Instagrams, based on a computer model analyzing 43,000 photos that correctly identified people with depression 70% of the time, better than the average primary care doctor who correctly diagnose depression about 50% of the time based on previous studies. User mvea, in the Reddit Science subreddit, 08 Aug 2017
Choice of Instagram filters is a more accurate indicator of mental health than the avg. doctor's diagnosis User brilliant_ideas, in the Machine Learning subreddit, 15 Aug 2016
Choice of Instagram filters is a more accurate indicator of mental health than the avg. doctor's diagnosis User brilliant_ideas, in the statistics subreddit, 15 Aug 2016