It’s always about social engineering. Business is all about it. Manipulate people for personal agendas and for money-making reasons.
And even if a business started out with good intentions, someone along the line is going to infiltrate and control. Information tracking is powerful.

Nothing is 100% efficient (or unbiased in this case).

I believe we really don’t need Facebook or any other site to socialize. I walk outside to talk to neighbors face to face, call on a phone to meet up with friends, write a letter to someone, drive somewhere to meet people, go to work, etc. It makes me feel alive.

We don’t need to gossip either. That’s a waste of time. So why bother reading it? Who cares? Why aren’t we more concerned with becoming better people through human to human contact? Edifying each other? Learning how to relate to one another. . . .trying to grow up?

We all choose how we spend our free time. I’d like to think I spend mine constructively without a Facebook account.

Yet, acknowledging Facebook gives it power. So, I’ll stop here.