Social media doesn't bother me all that much. I get what I want out of it, mostly news items from places I follow, specials and events from local restaurants and venues, and keeping up with friends. I barely even notice the ads, usually just scroll through. I also don't read comments to news articles. I've long suspected that people who complain the most about social media just can't help but follow pages that they know will have stuff they don't like, or read comments to posts and news articles. Comments to public posts are just plain toxic, but easily avoidable. As far as private information, everyone who wants to find shit on me is gonna find it. We are complexly beholden to online banking, credit cards, and literally every aspect of our financial lives can be found through a credit check. The major CRA's already have everything on us, that's just part of society. I would prefer it were designed different, but that's just how it is, and is unavoidable to live a normal life in modern society.