Leaving Facebook Makes People Happier But Less Informed, Study Says

(CNN) — Leaving Facebook may be good for your emotional well being, but you could be less informed about current events.
A new report from researchers at New York University and Stanford University looked at what happened to people who deactivated their accounts. The researchers paid people $102 to turn-off their Facebook accounts for four weeks.
The Facebook-free people reported being happier while not using the site, being less active online, and using other social-media sites less. The