You made a right choice. Compare with me, for whom Facebook improves my relationship with family. It lets me correct my friends&#x27; occasional lapses in spelling, it only rarely displays baby pictures (which I abhore), doesn&#x27;t show anyone&#x27;s lunch (aren&#x27;t you confusing FB with Instagram here?). Which helps me maintain weak ties with hundreds of people - ties which sometimes turn into much stronger ones, and that wouldn&#x27;t be physically possible to maintain without Facebook. Which is another place for HN-quality-level discussions with both friends <i>and</i> strangers.<p>Facebook is a different thing for different people; I think it&#x27;s as good to you as you&#x27;re willing to maintain it. Also, if you have crappy friends in real life, you&#x27;ll have crappy friends on Facebook.