Facebook=meh + tracking.
I am into tech too, but I tend to be most available on YIM (and now that M$ owns it, M$Mess). At least there I am less likely to be displaying thoughts to bloody well everyone on the planet. messenger, chat, phone, vid phone, file transfer, and txt to cell phones... That’s all I need.
never understood the facebook/myspace thing...
There are actually many privacy features on FB. The problem is that too many people don’t try to figure out how to use them. Of course, this does require reading the instructions. Maybe that’s part of the problem.
Here are a few examples. You can change settings so you only show up when people on your friends list search for you. You can designate who can send you friend requests and messages. You can make it so certain things are viewable only to certain people. You can remove the tag from photos people have tagged you in. You can set different levels of privacy on your own photos.