Well Facebook has certainly put pay to many a message board. As for all the crap update on FB, you can determine what you see and if you install FB Purity you can remove a whole host of other crap like adverts, the ticker tape news feed etc.
Well got both of my tickets delivered which is more then can be said for a few unlucky people whose paypal payments went somehow to the wrong person namely the website designer's girlfriend. A bit fishy????