I was only on it for perhaps four years before terminating my account. Life was busy, and I simply didn’t have the time to be up to date on it, like plenty of my peers were. I eventually terminated it, with the names of those whom I was sure I would contact or bother with talking to in the near future. All the other info was previously backed up, as the termination of the account deletes photos, videos, blog posts, that you uploaded. I just couldn’t find it immensely worthwhile, plus a lot of information like photos was e-mailed to me anyways, so why bother. Then there were the warnings back shortly after facebook was even started about stalkers, bitter ex-spouses, etc. Some may say that Facebook is a great way to send a message out for all to see, but there are simply other ways to do it. Even before it became an issue with this transgender rapist in the Women’s restroom, it was already warned about as dangerous for people who had say, bitter, abusive, ex-spouses or exboyfriends/exgirlfriends, or who had been victims of crime anyways. People can see actual pictures of you to see who you are even if you don’t use your real name, in fact, Facebook is worse than the NSA because it allows for information to be found for potentially malicious purposes by people with minimal computer technical knowledge or experience.
My militant gay friends have unfriended me. That’s why i stay on it.