Took the advice

[Rockport24]

I think bloocrab is dead on. Nobody is forcing you to be on facebook and other social media, but its the way of the world now. It's not a fad, its just part of everyday life now. It's very easy to tailor it to your liking, just block poeple, don't accept friend requests and make you want out of it. You can literally make facebook into anything you want it to be. It doesn't have to be puppies and crazy tinfoil hat stuff if you don't want it to be. For that reason, I think its a great tool to stay informed on things and people I am interested in.

[RickBomba]

Zen-a## S&^t There from Bloo,

It is absolutely true. I love Facebook...but I treat it very vanilla. I don't mention groups (well, maybe this one), politics, jobs, parties, where I am, etc.

I think that has given me a very level playing field for staying in touch with people from the past, and as Bloo said giving friends a forum to vent, to grieve, and to listen.

Now, I am no St. Francis of Assissi. There's been a couple of things in the past that got me fired up (I think three), but these days it's all wife, kids, and smiles.

Whelp, that's it for me. Anyway, if somebody pisses you off, unfriend them. Hell, I even unfriended someone in my own family. No fight, no feud, just happy calls on the old telephone now. Much better.