I have long since believed that maintaining a token "acceptable" social media presence is much more powerful than abstaining with regards to privacy/anonymity. The two suspicious things are overuse/misuse of social media, and no social media at all.

It's like having a honeypot of easily found money in your home (barely hidden in a sock drawer, etc) so that a potential thief will be satisfied with the find and not dig deeper.

Stories like this only solidify the power of maintaining a controlled social media presence.