I would not say that I don't recommend Facebook, but I also wouldn't recommend it either. Admittedly, I like Facebook in the sense I would like any social network: the ability to contact people who I sadly cannot keep in touch with in any other way. Sadly, Facebook does have all these issues with protecting users' information. Just recently I noticed that if you want to use a secure connection, you have to enable it in your settings. Why can't it be done automatically? Facebook is losing my trust. They just seem to do things in the blink of an eye - many times have I found that suddenly Facebook changed (for the worse), and I have to start figuring everything out. I would say, if you want to stay in FB, be careful, avoid all those scams that will come across, and take care of your privacy. Use the strictest settings possible, and please, be careful with the personal information you reveal. Personally, if most of my friends and family members would switch to another social network (or even better, emails, calls, letters), I would probably leave Facebook in a heartbeat. It does not feel like they care about their users anymore.