the issue with facebook is that it's become such a hodgepodge of advertising and useless narcissism that there's nothing human about it anymore.... when i first joined, it was so great because people would update their status and start discussions/groups that were original and run by actual people for other people.... it was such a great hub to communicate real messages and have real discussions just like messageboards.... but what's happened now is that every website, product, company, etc. on earth seems to be linked to it.... nobody is actually speaking for themselves anymore.... all they do is 'share' things from other websites, or re-post things that other people have decided to share.... and don't get me started on the corporate stuff.... it's so utterly impersonal and overwhelming that i can literally scroll through my newsfeed for half an hour and not see one original thought.... and then there's the overposters, the drunk posters, the trolls, the activists, the soap-boxers, and people who use their personal profiles to promote other products so they have the chance to win prizes.... the fact that facebook as a public company is losing value comes to no surprise to me because facebook as a social medium is losing just as much value..... eventually someone will create another website of this nature and the whole cycle will start again.... i was kind of hoping that diaspora would finally make a spash, but i'm still waiting patiently.... till then, facebook is just my contact list to my friends around the world, and i will contact them there in private when i need to.....