I think this is indeed worthy of debate and it is in a sense political. It is a wide ranging discussion topic.
I will say that it is important to be objective and while I personally cannot stand Facebook, I can see certain advantages depending
on your social outlook, personality and even career aspirations or political gain.Some individuals find physical social interactions a challenge, therefore Facebook is an ideal platform for them.
Facebook can reunite friends or even distant relatives.
It can be used to quickly disperse alerts or appeals to the public for information.On the downside:
It is used by criminals and terrorists.
It can and is used to disperse 'fake news'
People get drunk and post about their boss and end up fired.
People post not drunk but stupidly about their boss and end up fired.To be honest we could go on and on posting the positives and negatives, if anyone is concerned about Facebook the answer is simple, do not join. I do not like it, I feel with data mining and ever increasing technological advances, the platform will not be used for the greater good and that is a whole new debate entirely.
I think Facebook will fall flat on its face once one big story emerges about it being a data mining operation.
Facebook is like an inflating balloon, that will eventually burst.