<p>As with any social media platform, there are two sides to facebook, and as many posters before me have said, it is what you make it. On the one hand, it's a good way to keep in touch with friends and even post photos of your lunch if that's what you really want to use it for. On the other hand, it can be a really useful marketing tool - as <a href="https://www.1and1.com/digitalguide/online-marketing/social-media/tips-for-successful-facebook-marketing/">this article</a> points out, the fact that it covers such a wide variety of different demographics makes it an extremely powerful tool. It's pretty easy to adjust the privacy settings so that only selected people can see certain things, and you can choose to accept or ignore any "friend requests" - even better, if there are too many mundane posts flooding your feed, you can simply hide posts from that person (and they will never know!) :D I guess my point is that Facebook can be an extremely positive experience if you use it wisely :)</p>