> Facebook is pretty sketchy as well on the privacy front but you're not really forced to use them if that's a concern. I agree with what you're saying, but we

> Facebook is pretty sketchy as well on the privacy front but you're not really forced to use them if that's a concern. I agree with what you're saying, but we should mention that Facebook's data collection extends far beyond what we generally think of as Facebook's users. (They collect data on friends of Facebook users as well - search for "dark profiles" to see what I mean, and they also collect data on people who simply view websites that have Facebook "share" buttons or the like). And it's expanding even further - if Facebook has its way, parts of the developing world will use Facebook as their primary (or only!) way of accessing the Internet. I agree that Facebook is slightly the lesser of two evils at the moment, but we're basically debating between Scylla and Charybdis[0] here. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scylla https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scylla