Already off track.

Man, I know I said this was going to be professional, but I have to rant for a sec.
I finally just deleted my Facebook. I felt weird and impulsive and did it, and man. Here is some advice I want to give the rest of the world. If you have a facebook and are thinking about deleting JUST START THE PROCESS and the rediculousness that follows will convince you need to get off that site as soon as possible.
"Are you sure? You won't stay connected to all your 292 friends!" Man, I have 292 friends? Really?
And then they show you a random sampling of friends you have tagged in photos and says "(friend's name) will miss you!" Dude, no they won't because I haven't actually seen them in years. If facebook is the only way we are connected, then I guess we aren't actually friends anymore.
I feel like these sites are contributing to a loss of the sense of community. Facebook is a pacifier for the need for community, and keeps people from actually communing together. It's like many things American: it's too easy. It's too convenient. And obviously, it can't be without consequence.
I'm not trying to instigate a conspiracy theory here, but once you deactivate your facebook, they keep all of your information and photos. "So you can reactivate at anytime."
But really...how do we know what they are doing with all this information they are stockpiling? How do we know how responsible they are being with it? I am not saying facebook is the devil, I'm not even saying you should delete your facebook right now! I'm just saying we should be more cautious of how we use these sites, and how much of our personal information is out there floating around on the internet.
Under futher comments I wrote "This is not a substitute for real live human interaction. but thanks for wasting five years of my life."
I feel like a heroin addict who is finally over the dope sickness. Yeeeeeeeeeeeeah.
Okay, I promise. From this moment forward, I will keep my rants to the ultimate minimum.