Facebook and self esteem

The article i read had to deal with Facebook and self esteem. it stated that people with higher self esteem cared more about posting about themselves. while people with lower self esteem cared about what other people posted about them. i can relate to this article because whether its Facebook twitter or Instagram people are always taking one side of it. either they care about posting about themselves or what others are saying about them. some of my friends who have high self esteem compete to see who can get more likes on Instagram or who has more followers on twitter. Users who have lower self-esteem continuously monitor their wall and delete unwanted posts from other users, they said. people are truly affected by this and it leads to cyber bullying and in sometimes death. two years ago a kid in the school district i lived in was severely bullied on Facebook because he was gay and it began to lower his self esteem more and more and he ended up committing suicide. overall social media in general can have positive and negative effects, but people shouldn't take it so seriously to a point where it lowers their self esteem.

http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-09-15/news/42083769_1_self-esteem-social-network-facebook