Facebook is what you make of it. You can batton down the hatches and only see what you want to see and only allow the people you wish to share with to see your stuff or everyone or nobody. It's all how you set your privacy settings. You can block offensive users who will not only no longer be visible to you, but you will no longer be visible to them so you can bad mouth them all you want and they'll never see it. Sure beats the heck out of the forums here for friendliness and security!