I'm not into reading Al Jazeera in the first place; not high on my trusted international media outlets. But the article started out too useless for me too; it's an opinion piece that references an article in another newspaper written by someone unknown to me that is about a study. . .

I don't think Facebook itself is any one thing; it is what you make of it or let it make of you. I use it to keep in touch with some friends and relatives, period. I only log in maybe once a week, usually less often and don't read much of it/other people, just post my own news for other people or get in touch with cousins, etc. that it would be harder to call or write.

I have no trouble with security/personal information online; I'm not online, my information probably is. Anyone who knows my name can find me these days and I did not have trouble when that was only physically true, through paper databases like the Kris Kross directories every library has/had and local phone books, etc. and it's no different now that it is all online.