On Wed, 26 Oct 2011, Yaron wrote: > The /real/ answer is that, sadly, you can't. If your mom (and millions > upon millions of other people) see value in using Facebook, they will > use it. As far as they're concerned, it's a free service, though you and > I know they're actually the merchandise. > > Personally I'd just sit back and wait for facebook to implode. We can see the value in the free-to-us service provided by Facebook, but the cost is hidden. It's hidden well enough that I, an inveterate Facebooker, don't know what it is. Will I be sorry someday? What is going to happen to me? I see the advertisements and I guess that's part of the price I'm paying, but that doesn't bother me. Should it? It's like that with Google, too. I'm not poo-pooing the privacy issue. I really don't see what can go wrong for me, so I'm asking. Mike