[runjake]

I can sympathize. EVERYONE is on Facebook, and it's dead simple to use. I almost solely use it to post pictures of & stories about the kids to relatives. It also allows me to keep in touch with geo distant relatives' lives without them having to write it out on a postcard.

I don't know of anything else that is in the same galaxy of convenience. If Facebook didn't do this, I wouldn't ever have signed up for an account at all.

[cjeane]

I agree that FB is dead simple to use; I just wish it was just dead simple to protect my data.

[dualboot]

It is simple to protect your data. Don't put anything on Facebook that you want protected.

[gnosis]

"It is simple to protect your data. Don't put anything on Facebook that you want protected."

Like your list of friends?

No corporation has a right to know who my friends are. And keeping off sites like Facebooks is one of the best ways to keep that information private.

[cjeane]

Yes the only way to be 100% safe is to not use FB. All I'm asking for is a little effort.

[apotheon]

. . . like your account information.

Oops.

[CamperBob]

Yeah, right, and tell your 200 friends to do the same.

[jdale27]

EVERYONE is on Facebook

No. Not everyone is on Facebook. Sure, it's useful, but it's not the be-all and end-all of communication, and it will not replace every other means of communication ever invented. Stop this nonsense.

[phlux]

I'm not on facebook, I have never had an account. never will.