The upside to Facebook is our ability to connect with those we otherwise may not be able to. It allows us to share moments in our lives - good and bad. For some it may be, for one reason or another, a way for them to have contact with the outside world. Nine years ago I broke my ankle and was completely homebound (my parents home, no less) for six weeks. Facebook would have kept me a much more sane person!
Facebook should never completely replace human contact, but enhance our social world. Bottom line is, Facebook can't make you anti-social, only you can do that to you.
We, as a society need to remember the same rules in life apply to Facebook. Posting on Facebook is no different than talking to someone in public; and that being insensative to people, whether it be in person or on FB, makes you a jerk-plain and simple.
Granted, there is (or should be) a whole differet set of rules for children. I think kids need to be closely monitored when it comes to any kind if social media.
Facebook, invented by a Harvard kid who by all accounts was socially inept, has expanded our social world. To me there is no downside to that. As with people, Facebook is neither all saint or sinner. It is what you make it, just like life.
Besides, if you are reading this most likely it is because of Facebook.
