Also, based on the research as noted in the &quot;Rational Optimist&quot; one of the keys to remain happy is to simply withdraw from competition and set your own goals for happiness.<p>Example given is of a Doctor who always dreamed of becoming an amazing doctor healing people and succeeded but one day happened to attend a conference where many of his past batchmates were also present who were making insane amount of money by working for insurance companies. This doctor now felt unhappy and jumped the same bandwagon making even more money that before but the cost of happiness. While the example is anecdotal, the research does show that competition for social status makes people unhappy.<p>There is nothing wrong about Facebook and our need to use it but the fact that it might make us unhappy might be true.