If you use lists, you are more or less OK. I have lists and filter all info through them, so that I don't spam people with info that they aren't really that much into, and it's fine for filtering private stuff, too - I don't post much private stuff at FB, but if I did I'd deffo filter it this way. Just take care of all your privacy settings.
I really hadn't been too active on FB either until recently, but I've gotten back into it. I've always hesitated becoming FB friends with folks that I didn't know in real life, but I guess I need to get over that and friend my scrappy friends, too. It would probably help if I really learned how to group friends and used those groups so that I'm not getting totally overwhelmed with updates and missing out on seeing the things I really want to.
I love being able to create lists! It's easy once you figure out how! And last November knowing how to use FB settings was really helpful, because sometimes you just don't want to read your well-meaning but political friend's constant status updates!![]()