I have been a member of facebook for sometime. I found myself becoming slightly addicted to checking it on a regular basis. I then realised that whether one of my friends, friends of friends or colleagues was eating cereal whilst still in their pajamas at 3 in the afternoon was really not important to me and I could be making better usage of my free time. It's easy to compare your life to those of your very professional go getter type friends and feel a little inferior. I can also see the advantages of keeping up todate with friends and family overseas and sharing photos. I have recently deactivated my facebook but not cancelled it entirely just incase I feel the need to be nosey and check out whats going on in other peoples worlds. I felt a little mean too when people would want me to be their friends when I really didn't have anything in common with them anymore and couldnt see the use of continuing with the relationship, in person or in facebook.