"Over using" the home button?

I recently had to go online as my Facebook App had crashed and I needed somehow to close the App as, when I shut the iPad down and turned it on again, the Facebook app would still be frozen on that page. I am new to Apple products, I should add. I wanted to use Facebook but in order to do so, I needed to ensure it shut down completely first.
Anyway, I found the solution: basically, double-clicking the home button and then clicking on the "minus" key beside the dancing Facebook icon. Simple.
However, while searching for said solution, I saw a number of posts, on different websites, on which people said they hate to do this because it is "over using the home button". What exactly does that mean? Can you cause any kind of damage by over using the home button? I don't really understand what the problem is.
Apologies for sounding like a complete n00b.

TristanWhite wrote:
However, while searching for said solution, I saw a number of posts, on different websites, on which people said they hate to do this because it is "over using the home button". What exactly does that mean? Can you cause any kind of damage by over using the home button? I don't really understand what the problem is.
Reports, even on this forum, of Home buttons ceasing to work (excluding devices that were damaged by the users) are exceedingly rare. The button is designed to be used. I wouldn't worry about it.
Best of luck.

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