I keep in touch with all my friends over Facebook. I find Facebook most efficient, fast and cheap tool to stay connected with friends and relatives all over the globe. I met so many long lost friends over Facebook, who I thought would never meet me again in my lifetime. Facebook gives everyone an individual wall to post pictures, chat, and message or write what’s on your mind.
There are people who write every happening from their life on their personal wall. However, I don’t like explicitly attaching every other picture or writing anything and everything on my wall. I seldom write on my wall, but I prefer to watch the latest happenings in my contact list and comment on those. My friends and relatives find me a discrete person, who is not very open about displaying personal information on Facebook, but I like it that way. I am very sensitive about the personal information that floats on the web, which can be used by anyone for wrong reasons, so I like to maintain my privacy by not showing too much on Facebook. On one hand, what bothers me most about Facebook is that others might think about some stuff on my wall posted by others as my area of interest, and it is impossible to explain them that it is not what it looks like. On the other hand, Facebook is a great medium to raise awareness for social causes like the cancer society, green planet etc. 
I do not have a Facebook because I think it is a place for drama. I prefer to keep in touch with friends that I am not able to see in person through phone calls and text messages. I do not feel like Facebook is the best way to keep in touch with people because it is not as personal. I also do not want to see people posting song lyrics or read every detail of someones' day posted on my wall. However, I do like your point of Facebook being a good place to raise awareness for social causes! I also think that it's good that you do not display all of your personal information on your Facebook.
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