i think it all depends on what you use it for... if you spend hours chatting with/looking for people that you don't know and will never meet then yeah... kinda pointless - esp since you don't know who you are REALLY dealing with in the first place. But I use it to keep in touch with friends since now i've already graduated, i'm married, and have a kid... i hardly have any people on my "friends list" that i don't know personally. i think it's great as long as you're not using it like some of these 14 and 15 year old girls that end up meeting pervs and vice versa. i really think girls use it a lot more than guys since we like to talk to all of our little girl friends on there and post our pictures and all that. just my opinion