A new study published in the Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology found that comparing our lives to the "fabulous" ones

Paying too much attention to your Facebook friends' updates could be bad for your mental health, according to a new study

“Now it doesn’t matter to me how many likes something has," one user said in a comment cited in Grosser's paper, noting that

According to a new study, people who quit Facebook for three days have a much weaker urge to return if they are reminded

I'm writing this post to ask that if you have a family, you take a moment to recognize that they are a blessing. The moments you are having with your husband and your kids should be treasured, even the moments where things aren't working out the way you had hoped.

The Austrian researchers instead found people feel crummy any time they're on Facebook for too long, no matter what kind

Wanna know a secret? We're all just fighting for something we already have. Like looking for the pen that's tucked behind my own ear. I scan my page for "likes" in hopes of finding a sense of peace. To drown out the voice in my head. My voice.

Remember the good old days when you'd get your class yearbook and spend hours scanning through your classmates' photos? Today

Updating and browsing your Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Instagram accounts probably makes up a huge chunk of the time you

It can make you eat crap. It can be used to spy on you. A study (PDF) conducted by Andrew Stephen of the University of Pittsburgh

The researchers based their findings on two studies involving 600 people with the results to be presented at a conference

I spent time liking things on my own profile, following people I like on Twitter, all to cultivate an online reputation that matches who I am IRL, hoping that someone is doing the same for me.

I got my Facebook account in seventh grade. It was a huge deal and I remember feeling so cool -- I had a Facebook! Four years later Facebook has lost its sparkle.

With all of the negative press against Facebook (going public, anyone?) I can't help but wonder if it's slowly but surely going the way of MySpace.

Facebook has taken on less and less the character of a social networking site and more and more that of a massive image-maintenance machine. Everyone posts photos of their beautiful vacations, their beautiful babies, and their beautiful spouses.

A few days ago, the media reported on a study done by researchers at the University of Wisconsin that concluded Facebook is indeed safe for consumption.