social networking - does it suck???

many complain that social networking wastes their time, generates little to no results, isn't secure...your thoughts? does it suck or not? my opinion is that to do it well it does take time, the right strategy and approach...a thick skin too sometimes...however, i like the technology and how user friendly it's becoming for a non-programmer like myself...social networking affords me the ability to build my network really quickly on a global basis and as i continue to cultivate it, opportunity increases...so my answer is social networking doesn't suck...