never bothered with facebook because while i have many dear friends who are on it, there were way too many people i consider frenemies on there who would use it to snoop on me or to try to sell me something or identify potential customers in my friends list. at the end of the day, i know who my friends are, and for the most part, they know how to find me. sometimes, i am not meant to be connected or to be found! i nuked the rest of my online profiles last year, save a reconstituted linkedin for job search purposes, and it was one of the best things i have done for myself socially. it immediately cut all the fake friends and frenemies from my life -- these people would NEVER have the balls to contact me directly. i hope there will be a return to sanity in the collective (un)conscious soon. just a few more "privacy violations" and maybe we will see a shift in usage.