Roger, I feel as you do and would rather remain private. However I recently joined Facebook with my real name. As Mark B said, it's only as invasive as you allow it to be. I didn't put in any personal information. I did put in my birthday, mostly besasue you have to, but in my settings I am the only one who can see that. I used a picture of NHRA Pro Stock driver, Bo Butner's car for the avatar so no one will know who I am. I never post any personal information. I use Facebook for connecting with other model builders. I build models so Facebook can be helpful.