Does Facebook Make Us Unhappy and Unhealthy?

researchers found that the more people use Facebook, the less healthy they are and the less satisfied with their lives... monitored the mental health and social lives of 5,208 adults over two years... Using Facebook was tightly linked to compromised social, physical and psychological health... each statistical jump ... in “liking” other people’s posts, clicking their links or updating one’s own status, there was a 5% to 8% increase in the likelihood that the person would later experience mental-health problems....
in an earlier paper ... Participants who received more Facebook comments than average from close friends reported a 1% to 3% uptick in satisfaction with life, mood and social support...
two other studies have cast a negative light... 1,787 Americans, found that social media increased feelings of isolation... 1,500 Britons, found ... exacerbated feelings of anxiety and inadequacy...
What’s astonishing about this research is that the investigators had direct access to people’s Facebook data over a two-year period.