Social media users ‘jealous’

Nearly two thirds of social media users say that sites such as Facebook and Twitter make them feel inadequate about their lives.

According to research by British charity Scope, 62% of Facebook and Twitter users felt their own achievements were inadequate when compared to the posts of others, and 60% said that the sites had made them jealous of other users.

The survey of 1,500 social media users comes ahead of Scope’s Digital Detox weekend, where social network addicts will try to go 48 hours without the technology.