Cartoonist Matthew Inman of The Oatmeal describes nine people that are unfortunately on Facebook. He's been on a roll lately, adding new content to his archive of cartoons about every four days.
It's quite easy to filter out those 9 kinds of people and use Facebook for news reading! Check out this simple tutorial to set Facebook as a News Reader for your favorite magazines and online newspapers:
http://www.bealoud.com/social-media/facebook-news-reader/