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Are their online advertising campaigns getting to the right customers? Is there any connection between the social media engagement and the decisions users are taking? This is going to be shaped in this paper through a grey analysis applied to the selected variables. The paper aims to discuss these issues.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Design\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title>\u2013 As the nature of the relationships created in the online social networks is characterized by incomplete information, the analysis will make used of the concepts and means offered by the grey systems theory, a theory that have obtained good results over the time when used on uncertain situations.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Findings<\/jats:title>\u2013 By applying a grey relational analysis (GRA) to the considered variables, a strong relationship between the decision easiness and both time spent on social media platforms and number of the accessed websites has been identified. Moreover, it has been determined that the decision happiness is closely related to the companies\u2019 websites and their commercials.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Research limitations\/implications<\/jats:title>\u2013 The present paper shapes the relationship between the usage of online social media and consumers\u2019 decision-making process and decision-making happiness. Due to the fact that the online social media includes billions of users worldwide, the study has some limitations due to the users\u2019 number.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Originality\/value<\/jats:title>\u2013 The paper uses GRA for drawing the connections between the online social networks reality and its influence to users\u2019 every-day life. 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