Dragged kicking and screaming...should I sign up on facebook?
Pros?
Cons?
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I've been reluctant for a couple of reasons.
Privacy.
What does facebook do with the info they have on you?
And the 'friending' thing sounds narcissistic.
"Ooooo...I have a gazillion friends."
...FB has tons of different settings to choose from. I have a really boring life, so pretty sure no one is going to spy on me. 
I believe they use some of the info off your posts, etc. to target advertisements, but honestly, I've found some cool stuff that way!
Yes, the "friend" thing is very narcissistic. I get creeped out when someone I don't know tries to add me.
If you're really concerned with privacy, definitely read their privacy statement before signing up.
For me, it's a very cool intersection of my family, my DU family and my poetry friends...
I like it!
It's a good way to 'keep up' with friends and family.
Plus...it's the only way to respond to politicians' facebook pages.
Instead of family members sending out bunches of email they can post on Facebook including photos.
You can set up little "groups" and control who sees what that you post...in other words, if you have some younger family members on Facebook but want to share some more mature jokes or something, you can keep that sort of thing from little eyes.
I've found family members I haven't seen in decades, and some I never knew I had, like cousins.
My grandkids. Mom. Nieces. Aunts and uncles.
Reconnected with High School classmates 40+ years later and found out that some of the "cool" girls who barely talked to me back then are really nice people later in life.
Set your page up so that only friends can see it (not the public), and just don't include any information you're uncomfortable sharing, like phone number, current location, whatever.
It's really a blast and I love it.
