Facebook is bad for self esteem

I don't like facebook either and am a rarity in my workplace as I don't have an account. When I was on it, I used toget jealous. Practically all the girls I went to school with are married, with kids and great jobs. I found it hard so for my own sake, left the site.
Most people I know are addicted. My boss is on facebook all the time and I find that really weird to be honest and a waste of real life.

I had a FB addiction for a time of my life, probably due to low self esteem and poor boundaries. Provided the site does push "friends" on you and to a lonely but lovable being it can be an eye-opener to be friends with someone from another country who is more positive than all of my relatives (at least online). Seems like I have recently been trying to have just positives to post and that has helped with self-esteem. During difficult times before this forum I shared on FB some of my struggle and some people responded with really insightful suggestions. However, I do feel like more people are distant friends than really close friends yet the online format gives us a way to interact. Some people have more drama in their lives and like to air out all their issues. It's challenging to "defriend people," I defriended someone and sometimes regret doing so, however I believe I got a good boundary from her life which was really overwhelming me before with all her posts. So unfortunately my real life friendship suffered due to facebook. And I still have a hard time saying "no" to well meaning strangers who add me. I wish there was a filter like on myspace that didn't let people add me unless they could answer a question or had my email address. Myspace was much better environment. I miss it.