I find Facebook useful, but you have to use it on your own terms, not someone else's.
Never "Like" anything.
Never play any games.
Provide the minimum of information. For example, Facebook does not need to know my cellular phone number.
I log into Facebook about once a month to check up on relatives, co-workers and ex-co-workers, and a few friends who live too far away to stay in contact with any other way (an aircraft mechanic who currently is in Africa with his family, and I know all his family; an ex-girlfriend I am on very good terms with (and including her husband) who lives in Bermuda; a cousin who lives in Jamaica; many friends across the US and Canada).
I have a small but significant number of eMail addresses and usernames and web domains.
I always create accounts with every new Social Media phenomena as it becomes popular using these names, so that they are mine and cannot be used by someone else. For example I have six usernames on Twitter, but have never actually tweeted anything and haven't followed anyone.
I don't actually use the accounts.
Never "Like" anything.
Never play any games.
Provide the minimum of information. For example, Facebook does not need to know my cellular phone number.
I log into Facebook about once a month to check up on relatives, co-workers and ex-co-workers, and a few friends who live too far away to stay in contact with any other way (an aircraft mechanic who currently is in Africa with his family, and I know all his family; an ex-girlfriend I am on very good terms with (and including her husband) who lives in Bermuda; a cousin who lives in Jamaica; many friends across the US and Canada).
I have a small but significant number of eMail addresses and usernames and web domains.
I always create accounts with every new Social Media phenomena as it becomes popular using these names, so that they are mine and cannot be used by someone else. For example I have six usernames on Twitter, but have never actually tweeted anything and haven't followed anyone.
I don't actually use the accounts.