should i get facebook?

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If you wanna get one, do it. I have the same problem. You don't have to say anything personal about yourself (fake bday if you want, it doesn't matter). You can create a new e-mail address just for that site if you'd like to. You can delete it if you don't want it, yes. If you want it back after deleting it, you can just sign in as normal and you'll get an email to open it again.

Privacy, I doubt you get much but you can make your profile private (as can anyone else) so you may not be able to look at the other people's profiles, but there are others who leave theirs open to everyone.

Facebook is just a site, it shouldn't be recording anything that goes on outside the site. But it is a bit like a stalker, though. Everything you is shown to the people on your friends list, although you can change your preferences. It's just a big hassle to do those things. You don't have to use your real name but make sure it's a name you wanna keep because if you wanna change it again, it's just another 2-say hassle if it doesn't save right away (which in this case you would give full access to the people behind facebook, which is uncool if you ask me).