Facebook by itself is a distraction in my opinion. People nowadays spend more time there than they do in the 'reality world'. Most of the people I see at work on a day to day basis always seem to be on their phones (because of having no easy access to a computer, it's convenient,) and 80% of the time it's because they are busy with Twitter or Facebook for the most part. I definitely don't need it to be my distraction when i'm browsing the web.
It's great for marketing, but that doesn't mean it's not, as well, a big timewaster. Society trends, and followers of those trends, set the way we live our day to day lives when you think about it. Pretty scary, because some things become routine for us humans whether it makes sense or not sometimes because of that. If you're not in that game, you're an outsider.
I just choose to be one when I decide not to waste hours of my life on a social media site.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/facebook/americans-spent-53-5-billion-minutes-on-facebook-in-may-2011/3566
"Americans spent 53.5 billion minutes on Facebook in May 2011"
(Multiply that by 12, and then realize that this is only a portion of the worlds population that uses Facebook, furthermore, realize that Facebook has grown even larger since May 2011, and these numbers will now be relatively smaller to today's statistics...)
That's the reason why I hate it... I will admittedly say that i'd use facebook for advertising, but nothing more. I feel sorry for everyone that has wasted as much time as I know some people spend on that site.
If you look at the facts here, we've bombarded ourselves with so many of these distractions, that there almost isn't enough time in a single day to ever have time for yourself. You're checking your phone for text messages, emails, facebook, twitter, etc... Then there's gaming, TV, and all this other stuff, on top of our regular priorities like having to pay the bills, and going to work to even afford to pay your bills, eating, sleeping (at which time you can't get anything productive done), etc...
We keep going this way, it's a sad future. Technology is great, but it's supposed to make things easier for us. As far as i'm concerned, some implementation of the way we use technology has only caused us a loss of time that we can't ever get back. Computers are great!!! Amazing inventions, but what do we use them for? lol. Again, facebook, twitter... We don't utilize their true potential half the time, nor do most people even understand what they are capable of doing.
Sorry for my ranting. I'm very opinionated about a few things in life :)
Cheers,
Ace
