[ledfrog]

I remember a very long time ago, I inadvertently changed a photo album I never deleted from private to public and it contained photos of an ex. I got a call from my then-current girlfriend with a boatload of questions. I started realizing shortly after how damaging this new (at the time) social media stuff could be. In my case, it was something relatively small, but I can't imagine what kind of stuff other people might have that could expose them on so many fronts. For this and other reasons, I slowly weaned myself off social media and never really looked back. I just use various accounts for logins and a few check-ins here and there.

[zamalek]

I didn't have a Facebook account for the longest time, but having moved countries it sadly became necessary. These days I rarely post directly, only update friends and family on their posted statuses.

My distaste is slowly growing into action, there isn't a Facebook competitor right now (tweets, toots, or OpenSocial updates are Twitter, not Facebook). One of these days I will compete with them for no price more than staying connected.