I got text barraged by my friends wanting me to join, after 10 years of saying No thanks.
So I signed up a few days before this latest data stealing brewhaha erupted.
What I see on their feeds is mostly simply oneupman ship, bragging, and Look at MEEEEEEEE.
I pretty much despise all three of those human 'qualities' and question if these people i've known since childhood are really my friends as we now have nothing in common but the locations where we grew up and some memories.
So I do not participate.
I've gotten so many friend requests from people I never heard of. Seems like people place importance of the number of facebook friends they have. Kind of pathetic really.
I do check out some pics of women in the 'people you might know', but once again the me me me meme makes me glad it is not my job to keep them happy or amused, or secure.
I have found and checked out some pages of people from my past who I had completely forgotten about, but do not send any 'friend' requests. They are in my past, I am in theirs, and 'how in the heck are you?' types of communications are things I prefer to avoid as I do not care to aquire shiny objects, nor display them, or have my entire self confidence rely on the number and quality of shiny objects that I possess, and I certainly do not care about theirs.
Messenger is better than SMS texting on Android.
As far as the data stealing, Google likely has way more data than FB will ever collect on me.
I do not see any way around it and figure everything is recorded somewhere, ultimately to try and sell me something I do not want or need.
Social media is a tool and i will use it, and try not to let it use me and waste my time.