Effect Of Social Network Sites For Youths

"Believe it or not, Britain’s “Facebook generation” — the 16 to 24-year-olds — are lonelier than any other age group, a survey has revealed"
    In the survey, one in three said they were bored with their lives compared to just 8% of pensioners and 28% complained loneliness was making them unhappy and so they are taking to drinking. More than a quarter of the Facebook generation revealed they turned to alcohol for comfort, and half admitted to using junk food as an emotional crutch, found the poll into national happiness levels, conducted for BBC.
 
    Asked what made them unhappy, 70% of the 16 to 24 year olds said finances topped their list of concerns. More than a third were worried about holding down a job, compared to a quarter of middle-aged respondents. One in three said they were tormented by family or relationship problems, and they were also the age group that were most likely to struggle over their social status. Overall money was the biggest cause of unhappiness across all age groups, above work, relationships and loneliness. 
    But while older age groups shared the Facebook generation’s finance fears, they were more fulfilled in other areas of their lives. Almost a third of youngest generation reported they had relationship problems which dropped to eight per cent among 55 to 64-year-olds. And one in three of the Facebook generation said they wanted to move abroad in search of happiness.

Networking site to block pics of users’ exes
 
    Social networking website Facebook keeps a record of users’ former lovers, if they had typed in the data earlier, but has now been forced to change a feature which caused their photos to appear when they logged in. After users reacted over the Photo Memories sidebar, which gave users an “unpleasant surprise” by dredging up old photographs of ex-wives or husbands, Facebook has now blocked such photos. However, in order to successfully block the “hurt-inducing” snaps, the site is now keeping a record of its users’ ex-partners — those who have used the site.