MySpace started getting a lot of negative coverage in mainstream media in terms of personal safety (bad people out there). (e.g. http://www.ktvu.com/news/778393

MySpace started getting a lot of negative coverage in mainstream media in terms of personal safety (bad people out there). (e.g. http://www.ktvu.com/news/7783930/detail.html http://www.ktvu.com/news/7783930/detail.html) Facebook's earlier negatives were more in line with employers screening you out of jobs or tracking your use (http://mashable.com/2009/08/10/social-media-misuse/ http://mashable.com/2009/08/10/social-media-misuse/) Now with privacy being the big story, this may evolve to more of what you suggest, though there are already horror stories: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1256552/Facebook-stalker-Paul-Bristol-killed-Camille-Mathurasingh-seeing-new-man.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1256552/Facebook-sta... It's not clear what drives the stories/cultural view, though 146's comment about having a viable alternative seems to be important in actually causing people to quit a service. Who are the 'facebook enemies'?