I signed up for Facebook because it seemed to be the only way I could send a message to an author on a topic I cared about.

I signed up, and before I had typed one word, Facebook put up pictures of my friends and said 'Do you want to talk to these people?' That was creepy!

There also were pictures of people I had never heard of. Why was my name linked to theirs?

I sent the message to the author, then removed myself from Facebook. After that, I started getting bad spam though I had never been getting any before. Things like fake notices from DHL and UPS about undeliverable packages. Fortunately, the bad spam has tapered off.

I intend to stick with the Mudcat for my internet socializing.