What's the Problem with not Having a Facebook Account?

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Should having a Facebook account be a priority if you have the means to access it?

  • Yes, it is crucial to have a Facebook account.

    Votes: 5 2.9%

  • No, it's not much of an issue if you don't have one.

    Votes: 165 97.1%
  • Total voters
    170
The only issues I've had not having one is when I can't get access to something because the people who put it together were too lazy to make a way of accessing it beyond a Facebook account; but I've found that to be increasingly rare as Google tries to force Google+ to be less irrelevant more and more.
 
With Facebook, you and your personal information and business that you conduct/share via the site are the commodity that is being given in lieu of the sites "service". Just another brick out of the wall that will be formerly know as privacy.

I prefer to pay for things the old fashion way, with money.

I feel for the youngsters, as the peer pressure to drink the kool aid seems to be pretty high (as it always is with anything trendy). I am fortunate at my age and place in life that it doesn't affect me.
 
Like any social media, it's useful, but certainly not a necessity. I did use it a couple of times already to meet up with people in real life that I lost track of and would have never seen again if it wasn't for Facebook.
 
I see it as the mainstream thing to do. Hell, everybody's using it, and I mean everybody. :yuck: Even my College had a Facebook group for the Department I used to study in. They would post the latest updates and announcements. It's also a place for students to communicate and stuff. I guess it's convenient a thing to do though.

I do wonder how those without Facebook get by. I guess it's like a, 'you join the herd or you lose out' thing?

I was really active user back in middle/high school, when Facebook wasn't as big as it is now. I used it for games and procrastination. But then more people joined, it got crowded, and I kinda abandoned. Did so for a while now.

When everybody's talking blabbering, nobody's listening. I'll find a new audience for my blabbering performance. :D

EDIT: Also the term friend has become pretty vague since the whole Facebook thing. Are you a friend, an acquaintance, or a potential business opportunity? Maybe it has always been that way, but I feel like it became more apparent with Facebook in place to make it so much more easier.
 
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Like axletramp, I use it as a place to gather news feed of interest.
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Same. I hardly ever post, when I do I am just sharing an article of a photo that I would like to share with friends/family. 90% of the feed updates I get through the day are from pages I have "liked" so I can keep up with things (like my favorite music band, favorite racing series, etc). It's mostly just a news feed for me.
 
The only thing I use Fcebook for is keeping in contact with friends from other states. It's a good tool for that, you can see what they're doing in life - it kinda keeps you closer than just talking on the phone or texting can.
 
I'm not a huge fan of Facebook for what it is, I'm not a terribly social person and it's been years since I scrolled through my news feed. However, I've used it countless times to organise uni or school projects and check how others are doing. It's an invaluable communication tool, easier than texting, I'd say. If most of your friends have it, you have nothing to lose. After all, they collect metadata on you anyway.
 
I only really use mine to shout at my friends and post videos of 80s music. Rinse and repeat.

I could probably go without it.
 
I use mine this year because all of my work stuff is mostly communicated through facebook. Other than work I don't use it very often any more, can be useful to message people if you don't have their cell phone number.
 
I have a FB account, and I'm not ashamed about having one. I use it to talk to some friends and keep in contact with people from my school or with people I know. Most of the time my feed is filled with the usual jargon though I use it to check up news of interest. It's definitely not required to have one but its a device that serves its purpose.
 
As much as I dislike the idea of having an account, there have been two or three times I've been tempted to sign up.

Once was for a job application where the form was only linking applications on Facebook, and was only open to those with an account. And again when I wasn't clued in on group social events posted on FB, which has proven problematic when I only find out about month-old plans mere days before they happen. If it's really too much effort for them to contact me through more simple and private means like Skype or text (One friend actually did say he was tired of having to remember to text me details about meeting up and such), then nuts to 'em.

If at some point my job does require me to maintain an account, then that's when I'll take the plunge.
 
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I was a first-year student in 2005-2006 and actually got a FB account reasonably early on - February 2006. During university I was pretty active with it but nowadays I don't use it that much - mainly as a substitute for forums for a couple of car-themed sites, and general chat with friends and colleagues when people post something interesting, and as a news resource.

I don't use most of the site's features though - not uploaded a photo there in ages and never play games on it.

Twitter's more my thing, really.
 
I use it regularly for work with the radio as well as journalism, due to my Boss being based in the Netherlands which makes communication a fair amount easier and less expensive. I use it for the general purposes of catching up with friends and family who perhaps I don't see due to them living abroad, such as @Liquid.

I only update it when I feel I have something necessary to post, such as an event in my life that is significant or interesting, perhaps even when I would like to generate some interest for my radio show or articles.

But I don't just post for the sake of posting. That, really gets on my tits. I know it's a personal choice for them to do so, in the same way that it's a personal choice for me to have them as a friend, but sometimes it can be a little too excessive.
 
Most serial killer, psychopathic, baby rapist, mall shooter types don't/didn't have facebook accounts. I like being on the good side of statistics I guess is why I have one...
 
I used to have one, but I got sick of constantly having to change privacy settings so I got rid of it.

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Most serial killer, psychopathic, baby rapist, mall shooter types don't/didn't have facebook accounts. I like being on the good side of statistics I guess is why I have one...
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I have a Facebook and the only reason why I have one in the first place is because I had a bunch of friends that moved from Myspace to the other. This transition happened back in like 2008. I honestly just use it to look back at the stupid **** I've said and the stupid things I've done. I forgot. I do have a Facebook group consisting a majority of my online friends. We usually just talk to each other through there. My activity feed is full of stuff from people I love to hate and probably hate me. Oh well.
 
I've had an account since late 2009, I believe. I find it being a nice and convenient tool when I occasionally log in to keep in touch with friends, ex-coworkers, relatives, as well keeping track of things that interest me - mostly gaming, music and science related stuff.

It's however definitely not a necessity nor weird not having one. If you're doing fine just without it, don't fall for the peer pressure.
 
I don't Facebook. First, I don't like the stigma (personally, I think Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and whatever else people are using these days make you look at least a trifle sissy-ish) and second, I don't trust it. I think the government, or a sufficiently skilled hacker, can gain access to even the most closely guarded secrets on Facebook.
 
I was on it for a few years but last year i gave up on it for good (with a proper account) because i was getting sick and tired of people taking things i say the wrong way. So blocked every single person on my friends list (even my wife), changed my name, hid/deleted absolutely everything i could on my profile and left it at that.

I didn't simply deactivate my account as i run a few pages so still need to stay on Facebook for that.
 
Most definitely not crucial, unless you like doing duck impressions. I don't know, they seem quite common.

I mean I have one (a Twitface account, not a duck impression), and I just use it to say stupid things occasionally, in fact most of my posts involve mocking the site itself (or the idiots who breathe it like air).
 

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