I use Facebook to keep intouch with family I don't regularly vist with such as neices, nephews and cousins. It saves a lot of postage come Christmas time. Most of my Facebook "friends" are muscians. It allows me to know who is playing where, who just released their latest album, and who "partied too hard last night." I have no one on my list I do not know face to face and very seldom get friend requests. I like that.

Dispite the fact there is an account for this screen name it is for the most part to plat Mafia Wars as kyhighlander mentioned earlier but I do not get friend requests about the game. My real name is how I deal with Facebook. That is where my real friends are though there is some overlap as folks recognize my face on pdg's account. These folks will get a confirmation.

There is no real privacy when you use it though. Set all the flags you want but sooner or later some spammer gets your email addy. Google searches pull up Facebook as well.

If you want to make friends pick a way to meet people face to face as was mentioned earlier. If you want to meet a lot of folks who couldn't give a rats a$$ about you; play a social media game there or join a "cause."

pdg