FacebookReviews 1,682

I spend a lot of time on facebook keeping up with friends and playing those addicting games. I've had a few people contact me that I really didn't want to contact me, but overall it has been pleasant.

The games on the site are addicting, yes, but also annoying. They constantly pester you to add friends and pay real money for fake money (horrible idea). In the middle of gameplay they will pop up an annoying box telling you about a discount you don't care about.

Default privacy settings are sketchy, so make sure you take a close look at them before revealing superfluous information about yourself.

The interface periodically changes without warning which can be confusing.

REASONS TO USE:
[1] Large user-base
[2] Addicting Games
[3] Aesthetically bearable

REASONS TO LOSE:
[1] Not necessary if you keep up with friends via other means
[2] Potential Time-Killer which can prevent you from doing things you NEED to do

In general terms, I quite like Facebook and it's good for keeping in touch with people as I live a long way from home. However, there are a few things that really hack me off.

For example, there are some businesses that use Facebook to gain new customers and then cheat them. In many cases, they openly promote counterfeit goods. The problem is that there is no way to report this to Facebook. Why? Surely Facebook has a responsibility to not to allow criminals to openly exploit their members.

This site believes sharing credit card information and other 'private' data is ok. I did a facebook ad campaign about a year ago, and forgot I had entered my credit card information to pay for this service. It was NOT until my son used a gaming site, and hit the 'buy' credit button that I remembered. Yup, $100 later I learned a hard lesson. I sent several emails to facebook, as well as my local TV station did, searching for answers and some logic as to why this happened. Well, 2 months have gone by and NO response. Lesson learned, if it is on facebook they consider it public and sharable with whomever they choose, regardless of what information it is... Users be aware...

I can tell you at times that I get basically bored with Facebook. Sometimes I get invites from people to participate in games that to me are totally uninteresting although I have to admit some are more interesting than others.

Also as well Facebook does not work well at times especially if one wants to connect with someone on the relationship level.

For advertising purposes it can be a helpful tool once one knows how to use it in a right way for the promotion of one's business.

For me Facebook is okay but it isn't always at times the best.

I am surprised there are only 113 reviews of this vial creature. Yes, it is helpful but damn! If they would only maybe, try to keep the customer happy. It's like they genuinely have outright stopped caring about the user and know that people NEED it now so they just go ahead and do what they want. It's like that fat mean kid on the play ground, really nice until it gets what it wants out of you (candy/information) then, screw you, buddy.