I think it depends. However, in step situations, it can be horrid. There are plenty of blogs here about just how bad it can be. Many BMs and SKs use it as a tool to air their dirty laundry in public about SM, bio dad, or anyone else. That's why I highly recommend never, ever looking at the fb profiles of BMs or SKs.

Facebook can turn 40 year old women into 13 year old mean girls. You have to take it for what it is worth. A lot of people try to convince themselves that they are truly happy by posting BS "happy posts" on facebook 10 times a day. If they are not fooling themselves, they are certainly not fooling me.

I think it is a sad, sssaaaadddd, sad way to:
brag,
air dirty laundry,
snub people,
inflate one's self asteem,
bombard people with the person's view(poltical- religious- ect),
be fake
control how people feel,
create problems,
not live in the "real world",
tell people stupid facts ( I pooped at 2- it felt good)

and did I mention I don't like facebook, or social networking!!!!!

Well, you can be my friend on FB...lol I hardly ever post anything fun...unless I'm having drinks with DH...quite the contrary, people get ticked off at me for posting news, medical research stuff, crap about laws...oh well, it is what it is. I am happy for my friends who post great stories...and really, if they don't like me because of what I post, which is obviously not everything there is about me, then too bad for them...they weren't my friends anyway.

plenty of people like to live a fantasy life on fb. my sd liked to use it to spy on me, but i don't know what she thought she was gonna find, since she was my fb friend anyway. :? fdh's sm liked to have sd check my fb to look for scandal in everything i said rather than friend me and see what i say for herself. they are now blocked due to bullshit. sd also likes to use fb and text msgs to say things she would never dream of saying to my face. it was an easy way for her to get shitty with me and not have to face me. she can't do that anymore. she's blocked from my phone, too. if she has something to say, face to face is her only option. funny, i haven't seen her at all since i blocked her. }:)

i like it to keep up with old friends and family i don't see a lot. the people who irritate but havent' done anything to warrant a full block i have hidden from my newsfeed, so i never see their irritating shit and they are none the wiser. there are plenty of ways to take the drama out of fb. i will not let a few morons make me shut down my page when i have plenty of people that i actually like talking to on there.

BM is constantly slagging me off on FB. I'm not on it anymore but I have inside information about what she has said.
Facebook is one of the reasons SO listed when filing for divorce.
If used in the way it is meant it's a great way to keep in touch with people but otherwise used as a bullying tool. Seriously grow up woman you're nearly 40! SD13 has even stuck up for ME when her evil mother has been slagging me off!.

Facebook is a bad site, it can cause cyber bullying, children at secondary school cannot get enough of Facebook they are addicted!

Facebook is not a bad site, Facebook posts nothing onto itself. People have taken a social site and turned it into a place for self place and photos of what they eat and drink. Perhaps Facebook should have a sub heading on it's site reminding people, self praise is no praise at all.

Ignore it or don't use it, but don't blame the site.

If people coudn't bully on facebook they'd be doing it face to face, bullies are bullies, they were not made or created by facebook, the site has of course allowed them to hide and may have made them worse bullies, but they were bullies before they ever opened a Facebook account.

It seems to becoming more and more coming to blame something for people's bad behaviour. No one takes responsibility for their own actions anymore. Do you realise the fact that you say Facebook is a bad site it can cause cyber bullying, is in fact letting bullies off the hook, it is telling them it is not their fault, Facebook made them do it, so they don't have to accept responsibility or take blame for what they have done, Facebook caused it. No it didn't, as I said before, bullies were around long before facebook, and people don't become bullies when they open a facebook account, they had that mindset to begin with. Don't make excuses for them by blaming Facebook and not the bully.

Everything created by man has two faces. No pun intended.

I've located old girl/boy friends and military buddies which would have been impossible without it.

I use FB to play games.

I do post about my baby , but only to update all my out of town relatives. My mother's family and inlaws are all out of state/country

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I believe you shouldn't get upset over people's FB posts most people post things that make them seem as if they have happy and perfect lives! This might be the case in some instances but the reality is that people aren't going to post things that make them look depressed and unhappy. If you cannot stand it don't participate in FB. And I for sure wouldn't look at certain people's profiles.

I blocked the SDs and BM. Even though we weren't "friends", they could see anything that I posted on DHs page, etc. It makes my life so much less stressful knowing that I don't have to watch everything I say. That being said: I NEVER say anything bad about them, my family situation, etc. That's just a matter of trying to stay classy. }:)

So I have a few reasons of my own that I don't like FB and I will never have an account. Call me a snob if you want, but I really don't care to find friends from my past. The past is called the past for a reason. To look back and reminisce, not find them and place them in your present time. I mean seriously, are we the same person we were 15 years ago? Second, too many temptations, why bother with an old flame if you are happy currently with your DH or current relationship. Then there's the crap that goes in them. My SD15 talked so much crap about my DH on it and we found out through family members. She said some mean stuff for everyone to see. You would think that BM would tell her to take it off but we're sure BM and girlfriend were laughing it up. On top, she just recently posted pix of herself all hoed up with clothes she shouldn't even be owning! Also, found out through family members. At least with that, I believe she got punished...but why should she have an account for FB? All I know is that my kids aren't having them. too dangerous!