Social Networking

So, as the semester comes to an end, I can't help but wonder what social networking will hold in store for me. Beyond Facebook, my experiences with social networks was next to nothing. Now, I have a vague knowledge with these sites, but mixed feeling on them. These site become more and more intrusive in my opinion, and aren't stopping any time soon. Facebook is beginning to get involved in the job search field, has implemented the timeline (stalker watch), there are stalker websites that are essentially designed to help people stalk one another. Is this what we think is a positive step for technology? I recognize that it is cool to see how so many different technologies are being integrated with each other. Personally, I don't think that we are using many of these technologies in the most productive ways.