Does Facebook do more harm then good?

[Skillz]

I think it entirely depends on the user and how they control Facebook, or how they are controlled BY Facebook. Some people aren't computer savvy enough to understand what is going on when they do stuff on Facebook, and that can cause problems with privacy. Some people, especially younger people, are too irresponsible and short-sighted (metaphorically speaking) to use it in a way that won't end up biting them in the ass. Some people, however, can operate it in a way that they want, and be sure not to accidentally do harm to themselves or others with it.

As long as you're not exposing your secrets or private information, or being an addict, it can be used to connect people who otherwise wouldn't ever communicate. I speak to my distant family pretty often now, whom otherwise would probably not have ever heard from me without Facebook, simply because I didn't know them as well before spending time getting to know them better online.

It would be silly to ban Facebook for cyber bullying, because that's not even what it's for. That's the result of someone abusing Facebook for their own malicious use. To ban Facebook would be to blame the road for car accidents, or blame arms for every time someone has been strangled in history, or to blame guns for what some sufferers of mental illness have done with them.