To Facebook or Not to Facebook?

When I first joined Facebook I thought it was a meager upgrade of Myspace. It was only after a couple of weeks on Facebook that I realized that business's, games, and what you "like" was much more integrated into your overall social experience, but I really didn't pay more than few seconds of attention to the idea. By using any social website you put yourself more at the whim of the world. Whenever you make personal information available to the public you are more vulnerable to strangers, enemies and even your peers. Also, Facebook can be a great tool where all the people you want to talk with are in one place for quick and easy communication. I was already aware that major online corporations had begun data mining but an opinion of mine was reinforced by Nicole M. that it's doesn't really matter. Reading the article made me realize that Facebook had already filtered my news feed.