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Why Facebook Makes You Feel Bad About Yourself-Courtesy of Time Magazine

No surprise — those Facebook photos of your friends on vacation or celebrating a birthday party that can make you feel 1)lousy.

Facebook 2)is supposed to 3)envelope us in the warm 4)embrace of our social network, and 5)scanning friends’ pages is supposed to make us feel loved, supported and important (at least in the lives of those we like). But 6)skimming through photos of friends’ life successes can trigger feelings of  7)envy, 8)misery and 9) loneliness as well, according to researchers from two German universities. The scientists studied 600 people who logged time on the social network and discovered that one in three felt worse after visiting the site—especially if they viewed vacation photos. Facebook 10)frequenters who spent time on the site without posting their own content were also more likely to feel dissatisfied.