If I had said “Strawberry ice cream is better than chocolate ice cream,” and gave no further support, you could dismiss it as a matter of opinion.

However, for each of the listed Bad Reasons, I have given an argument as to why it is bad. So, this is more than just opinion. It is reasoned argument. If you think I am wrong, you should address those arguments, not just dismiss it.

If someone wants to not like Facebook for a bad reason, they certainly can. I am not proposing to outlaw any thought-crimes. However, if they may be convinced by my arguments to either like Facebook or (more likely) to find a more rational reason to not like it.

If they stick to a bad reason (without addressing my associated argument), I am equally free to dismiss their point of view as being ill-considered.

Your point about Facebook not being perfect was lost on me. No-one here is arguing it is perfect. We are arguing about in what ways it is imperfect and how relevant those reasons are in choosing whether to use it.

Thank you for so articulately demonstrating my premise: that some people are unable to state a sensible reason for not using Facebook.

I’ll be honest; I haven’t been paying attention recently. I kind of got bored of all the vague privacy claims that didn’t really pan out to anything new, and so I stopped following up every time someone cried “Wolf!”

I am happy to hear people say “Think about what you want to share with the entire world.” I no longer listen when people say “Trust me! Facebook is evil!”

So, perhaps you could describe explicitly just one of these privacy issues that are so easy to see?

I was getting tired of the constant fight against spam appearing on this blog, but I feel it is important to keep the channel clear to allow through the sort of high quality comments that posts such as this one have attracted.

So, it was great that you could contribute to the conversation so thoughtfully, and make that effort feel so worth it.