I think it's good. It helps me keep track of people and talk to them. If I didn't have it, it'd be horrible. A lot of the people I talk to are those who I don't get to see much, so it's quite useful.

I'm neutral towards it.

It keeps me in touch with old schoolmates, keeps me bz during lulls at work.

But it also robs me of worktime.

Good thing, singlehandedly. The bad aspects are as always down to the users themselves and anyone complaining about the terms regarding handing over the information publishing rights to the FB staff are free to leave at any time, so that aspect is not even worth discussing. The stalking aspect is indirectly related to this as well; if you're afraid of stalkers, then just don't let out your personal information (and for god's sake, make sure to use a fake ID when legitimating yourself at the liquor store!).

And so the main point of controversy: The anti-social controversy. There's a, surprisingly big I might add, number of people, some of them even working and/or researching within the communication field, that condemns FB for shielding us from each other and are quick to point out that it's not 'real socializing'. Well, what is then? Telephones? I don't know, but I'll bet you anything that people were claiming that telephones kept us from 'real socializing' back at the beginning of the last century. Today the same kind of people probably accept telephones over internet communication. I'd say that if anything, internet in general and FB in particular has opened up our socializing possibilities more than ever. After all, it's just another way of interacting, a way that we probably still are adjusting to. I mean, never before has it been so easy to track down old mates you'd never have bothered about otherwise. One might argue that we are hiding behind virtual avatars displaying only selected and filtered information to each other. Well, that's true, but that goes for what the critics call 'real socializing' as well, doesn't it? Don't tell me you're pouring out everything about your private life to people you meet in 'real life'. It's silly to try to put down digital social media as anything less than real interaction, and to be honest, I think that there's something completely different that fuels the criticism, something that has more to do with counter-movements than with actual criticism targetting the object of study.

I think FB is good AND bad.

Any social network is good when it comes to being able to stay in contact with family and friends. I don't have much family here and a lot of my old friends moved away so FB has reconnected me with my old buddies and with my family.

The bad part is when people get too consumed by it, to the point where they shut everyone out in their life and just sit there all day playing games and talking to strangers....nothing wrong with talking to people but when it starts to take over your life and you stop having a REAL social life outside of your home, it's a serious problem. Everyone needs to have friends and go out and have a life, not live in their home on the net, and neglect their kids because they are playing Farmville.

To keep in touch with family- social sites are perfect - For marketing social sites are something that needs to be taken very lightly - Only spend about 10 percent of your time on them or you will become very broke very quick

I do the social site thing thing in the evening when I'm feeling more social lol

I deactivated mine yesterday. I decided Facebook is really... stupid.

I really only use facebook to see what other people are doing and to talk to people I normally wouldn't be able to talk to. Which amounts to a tiny amount of my day, 5 mins checking a couple times a day and if there is someone to talk to, then I talk to them.

So what does that have to do with whether it's good or bad? I can't really pull the answer out of what you just said.

The even dumber thing is that you can restore it with no changes made or information lost whatsoever. Makes it a really silly dramatic gesture, haha.

I guess, but I honestly hardly used it anyway so I doubt anyone will notice. And it's not like I made an announcement or anything