I guess I'm kind of odd, I actually like facebook. I should clarify though, I have two facebook accounts. I have a professional account where I will accept a friend request from anyone that's not a current/former client. All my family members are friends with that account, any colleagues, co-workers, people I know from grad school who I never had a single in-person conversation with...I check it about once a week and post really benign stuff. Nothing political, and I also hide all of the racist/sexist/homophobic/overtly religious stuff that I prefer not to see. Here in the deep south there's a lot of racism right next to Jesus stuff.

The facebook profile I actually use I have a no family policy. I only have people on there that I actually know and actually like. Friends of friends that always annoyed me at group dinners? Nope, ignored. So I've managed to curate a really fun place to go to see inspirational photos, quotes I like, photos of people I give a crap about, and political posts that don't offend me. I really like it! I'm just mad because they forced me to change my fake name so now I have taken most identifying information and photos private so there's no drama from people who didn't make the cut. There are several friends from high school who moved away that I would definitely have lost touch with if it were not for facebook.