This is one of those stories that explains something you already knew, but didn’t know you knew. The thesis can be told in a sentence: Facebook makes us feel sadder and lonelier because it’s a running compendium of all the great fun and wonderful things everyone else is doing, though, in truth, those people aren’t nearly as happy as their updates make them out to be.
This explains why last month I finally hid the updates of several friends who were always writing things like — and these are direct quotes — “So much fun!!!” and “Most fun night ever!” Four of my friends have quit Facebook in the last month. I’m beginning to understand why.
