You determine how much information you want to put on it, and you can control how much information someone can learn about you. I have caught up with so many past friends on it. You don't really need to "friend" your family, since you already know about them, just those who you want to keep up with. It's like anything else, you get out of it what you put into it. AND, given some of the talks that have gone on here, you might be safer on facebook, lol. Hoppy Easter.