In related research, DeWall, Vohs, and Baumeister (2008) show that when people feel socially accepted, they perform worse at self-regulatory tasks that are purportedly diagnostic indicators of interpersonally attractive traits. However, socially excluded individuals performed worse at the tasks unless they were framed as indicators of being able to get along with others. On the basis of this related finding, one might argue that using social networks like Facebook can affect perceptions of social acceptance and social exclusion that influence ability to exert self-control.