Social Networking

I am now a member of Facebook!  This seems a good tool for families and friends to keep in touch.  It overcomes the barriers of distance and time which often mean contact is sporadic or lost.  It also seems a great way for well known personalities to promote their persona  Keith Urban , Barack Obama or David Suzuki .  Like a lot of sites there has been misuse when tragic events have occurred and tribute pages have been  misused. It is difficult to understand how a highly paid 'product' such as swimmer Stephanie Rice can use Facebook for comments that were distasteful in any setting and not think that they would be picked up by the media. Is this a case of  typing the first thing that comes into your head? This seems to be case for many of the comments. Private thoughts made public and then crocodile tears of regret? It is puzzling why people would think such inanities such as on Keith Urbans page "... I love seeing you and Nicole together","... oooh cool......................u know how to have fun" would have any relevance to Keith Urban or anyone else.The term 'friends' on face book seems to denote anyone who has ever crossed your path (or thinks they have or knew someone who might have known you) or fans or groupies, not a personal relationship.