Back when I was in college, I used facebook every now and then, maybe updating my profile once a week, and seeing what my friends were up to once every few weeks. Afterall, I saw them just about every day, and really didn't need to be using Facebook to keep in touch with them. This was back in the early days of Facebook where 95% of your friends were from your college, and you had to write a letter to Mark Zuckerberg just to get a network for your college to be created. Now, like most people, my friends list is compiled of virtually anyone I've said "hello" to in my life time, and I check my Facebook every few seconds. Mostly because these days I sit infront of a computer from 9-6, and can steal some Facebook glances every now and then. And with all this Facebooking, I've started to notice two very obvious categories that all my friends fall within. The political, and the apolitical.As a quick clarifying, or a definition in terms, when I say apolitical, I don't mean those who have no interest in politicals or world events. Rather, I mean those who do not make their political leanings very clear on Facebook. I myself, would fall into that very group. While I love to engage in political debate, and do have my strong opinions, Facebook is not my forum for it. Afterall, my bosses are my Facebook friends, and they too have apolitical accounts. Now it's not to say that there aren't the occasional debates I find myself in - currently, I'm following and have thrown my cents into a large censorship debate - but I find myself avoiding any strong political convictions within these forums. For me, Facebook isn't the place for politics, or a forum for advocacy. It's a place where all those things should be checked at the door for the simple fact that there are too many people with too many views who are all exposed to one another's opinions - and things can easily get out of hand.But then I have a large number of friends who fall deeply into the political group. While I call them political, I don't mean they wear their politics on their sleeves, but just about any issue they feel passionate about. Whether it's vegetarianism/veganism, advocating human/animal/environmental rights, campaigning for political groups and leaders, and even those who are members and advocate particular charitable foundations/scientific research/medical research. And while I highly doubt anyone would be offended by someone joining a group related to curing cancer, I find myself more reluctant than I would be outside of Facebook, as I could foresee it opening the "opinion" door - which I'm working hard to keep closed. I'm not sure if there's a middle ground here... from what I've seen, people fall into either extreme, despite it's evident absurdity. Clearly, when you compare too extremes you can't claim one is better than the other, as they both are at beyond the point of ridicule.And while I think Facebook should be apolitical, I'm constantly feeling as though I'm being goaded into debate from those friends which update their profile pictures to relate to the latest currently world issue, post articles, invite me to join groups (some which I would join, and some which I would never join). I'd very much rather just use it as a tool to keep up with the very friends who are asking me to vote no on a particular issue - partly out of fear of offending other friends who would want me to vote yes, partly out of fear of offending current and prospective employers, and partly because I feel that if I were to engage in issues, I'd be using Facebook even more than I do.Those are my thoughts... what are yours?