GabriellaG,
I fully understood what you were saying.
Shame that you couldn't be bothered to read my statement in its entirety or you would have realised that I DID state that social media, which to me at least, includes FB does have its faults.
I am in no way blinkered into believing that all reunions and reconnections via facebook are for the good and I am fully aware that social media has and will no doubt continue to be, the cause of relationship problems and cause unhappiness to others due to cyber-bullying.
Facebook etc can only cream off the data that the user makes available. Fill in questionnaires about birthdays, schools, work place, then you cannot moan if your information is used.
But, by being sensible then it can be a good forum to connect with the friends that you have chosen to connect with, regardless of where they are in the world with zero cost.
Yes, I am a fb user, very few of my friends/family on my list reside in this country and any private information I wish to share with an individual is done through the private channels.
Like most things in life, some people treat others with respect and courtesy whilst others choose to be the opposite. Regardless of the platform be it social media, literature, face-to-face bullying or the old soap-box in the public square there will always be a section of society that use the methods readily available to criticise, to bully to basically stir the s* for the sheer hell of it.
The crux of what I said in my initial post was that in my opinion your statement was a sweeping generalisation and tarring all users of facebook with the same brush.
But hey, if you want to criticise go ahead...