# Anyone else still hasn't opened a Facebook account? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 24, 2013, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-still-hasnt-opened-a-facebook-account/672093 "2013-10-24T08:24:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-still-hasnt-opened-a-facebook-account/672093/81 "2013-10-28T15:06:08Z")
I had one for a while, but it didn’t really do it for me, and eventually grew to just be annoying. I deleted it and never looked back. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-still-hasnt-opened-a-facebook-account/672093/82 "2013-10-28T15:13:56Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > The opening statement of the thread is a shot at people who don’t use Facebook as if it’s crazy not too. Are you referring to this post? > [@](#): > > Imho, the people who sign up are providing free content for FB. I don’t provide content for free. Because that’s a shot at people who _use_ Facebook (specifically, the “sheeple” attack). ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-still-hasnt-opened-a-facebook-account/672093/83 "2013-10-28T17:47:07Z")
> [@Superhal](#): > > Imho, the people who sign up are providing free content for FB. I don’t provide content for free. Facebook provides me content from other users in a convenient way. And it provides my content to other users in a way that’s useful for me. And those have greater utility than the costs of posting on Facebook. You can value your content and Facebook’s services how you wish, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-still-hasnt-opened-a-facebook-account/672093/84 "2013-10-28T19:47:28Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > saying it doesn’t make it so. Facebook is not a cure for cancer and even if it was, would only affect those who are actively fighting the disease. > > I will say it started out as a coolaid drinking public service announcement. I think it’s because we have these threads every other week. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-still-hasnt-opened-a-facebook-account/672093/85 "2013-10-28T20:26:05Z")
I actually really, really dislike facebook and even I don’t understand the hate for it. If it’s not your cup of tea, don’t go for it! These are the things that annoy me most about facebook: 1. Several people no longer want to arrange things any other way and so I am left out of friend meetups because they won’t e-mail. 2. Lots of local businesses have their page on fb only and no other website. 3. People are always checking their fb pages, when you’re talking to them, when they’re supposed to be working, etc. 4. I do seemingly have vastly different ideas of “privacy” than Zuckerberg does. Two of those are a “people” issue and not a fb issue. The second one is just because it’s so popular. The fourth is solely my problem. And rest assured I’m under no delusions. Google is probably the company that has all my data - I have a Plus account, gmail through them, a google tablet, etc., etc. I know they are compiling my data and I basically gave it to them for free. So yes, I dislike facebook. But if it works for other people, who am I to say anything? I wouldn’t like it if someone told me something I did sucked, and told me over and over again. ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-still-hasnt-opened-a-facebook-account/672093/86 "2013-11-01T19:00:31Z")
“I don’t have a FB Account because…” is the new “I don’t have a tv in my house because…” ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-still-hasnt-opened-a-facebook-account/672093/87 "2013-11-01T19:38:51Z")
As an army brat Facebook has helped me find and reconnect with friends I haven’t seen in over 25 years. And one leads to another, etc. It’s also a great place to upload pictures (such as the Jack O’lantern I [del]hacked[/del] carved last night). ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-still-hasnt-opened-a-facebook-account/672093/88 "2013-11-01T19:46:05Z")
[QUOTE=Dorjän] ‘I don’t have a FB Account because…’ is the new "I don’t have a tv in my house because…’ [/QUOTE] I don’t think it is the same. The “no TV” thing was more of a “I’m too smart for that idiot box” and “No Facebook Account” is more of just an apathy thing. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-still-hasnt-opened-a-facebook-account/672093/89 "2013-11-01T19:52:36Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > I don’t think it is the same. The “no TV” thing was more of a “I’m too smart for that idiot box” and “No Facebook Account” is more of just an apathy thing. No one who’s as actively as hostile as some of the “I don’t even have a Facebook account…” people are should be called apathetic. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-still-hasnt-opened-a-facebook-account/672093/90 "2013-11-01T21:46:10Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > “No Facebook Account” is more of just an apathy thing. That was me. But I actually signed up the other day, just to keep track of someone I’m going to have regular long-distance dealings with a little easier. I also clung to cassette tapes and vinyl well into the CD age. Got a dvr well after all my friends. A late cell phone adopter as well. And no smartphone or Blueray yet. But I’ll get there eventually - I like newer technology just fine, just with a few exceptions I’m usually a trailing adopter. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-still-hasnt-opened-a-facebook-account/672093/91 "2013-11-01T23:53:41Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > That was me. But I actually signed up the other day, just to keep track of someone I’m going to have regular long-distance dealings with a little easier. I also clung to cassette tapes and vinyl well into the CD age. Got a dvr well after all my friends. A late cell phone adopter as well. And no smartphone or Blueray yet. > > But I’ll get there eventually - I like newer technology just fine, just with a few exceptions I’m usually a trailing adopter. You must have had a butt load of cassettes you couldn’t part with. I spend a ton of money on stereo equipment and when CD’s came out I couldn’t abandon cassettes fast enough. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-still-hasnt-opened-a-facebook-account/672093/92 "2013-11-02T00:02:50Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > You must have had a butt load of cassettes you couldn’t part with. I did indeed have a buttload, for the car mostly ( though I had a decent NAD tape deck in my stereo system as well ). A few are still not easily/cheaply replaceable or replaceable at all in physical media. But I haven’t listened to one in years. Once I hit CDs there was just no going back to crappy media like cassettes or inconvenient ones like vinyl. All that stuff is languishing in boxes in my garage waiting for my heirs to curse over having to sort through it ;). ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-still-hasnt-opened-a-facebook-account/672093/93 "2013-11-02T00:02:56Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > You must have had a butt load of cassettes you couldn’t part with. I spend a ton of money on stereo equipment and when CD’s came out I couldn’t abandon cassettes fast enough. Hands off my eight-track tapes! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-still-hasnt-opened-a-facebook-account/672093/94 "2013-11-02T00:21:14Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > No one who’s as actively as hostile as some of the “I don’t even have a Facebook account…” people are should be called apathetic. Well there is always a few, but I think the majority of Facebook not users are like me and just don’t care. I wouldn’t have piped up except for the post that I replied to. Otherwise I was just a small datapoint. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-still-hasnt-opened-a-facebook-account/672093/95 "2013-11-02T00:24:09Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Well there is always a few, but I think the majority of Facebook not users are like me and just don’t care. Yeah, me too. I don’t hate Facebook, I just don’t care. Enough time gets wasted by me on the Internet anyway. ---
**Author:** ![thisishowwepray](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7feea3/32.png) [@thisishowwepray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thisishowwepray)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-still-hasnt-opened-a-facebook-account/672093/96 "2013-11-02T00:37:56Z")
I had one beginning within a few weeks of when it became available to all college students. I deleted it about three months ago and my life is SO MUCH BETTER. I don’t really care about providing free content, and I’m not that worried about people knowing things about me. Reasons I quit: -Not reading enough off of actual pages -I was very popular on the internet due to participation in literary stuff, publications, etc. and accepted lots of friend requests from strangers. This didn’t bother me until I realized some of them were teenagers (mostly girls) and some of these young people posted content that made me uncomfortable, such as one girl being upset about her parents’ attempt to end her relationship with someone much too old for her. This was clearly defined statutory rape. I felt like I should do something but didn’t know what to do. I’d rather help/protect kids when it’s appropriate and solicited. This was the last straw for me I think. -I was addicted to it and other social media. I also got rid of my personal tumblr (still have one for publications, etc.) and all other social media other than LinkedIn, which couldn’t be less addictive and has been helpful for me in the past. Since quitting: -Old friends/friends who don’t live in NY reach me via phone or email (or I contact them in these ways). We end up having more meaningful conversations and even arranging visits. -I’m not wasting time keeping in frequent touch with people who aren’t important to me and to whom I’m not important. -I read WAY more. WAY more. Actual books! -Instead of defaulting to social media when I’m bored, I do a variety of different things and am more active for it and also a less boring person. -I feel less focused on how I present myself and how others perceive me. I was really good at “personal branding” and it became a time consuming and kind of narcissistic waste of time. It’s not like I’m perfectly selfless now, but I definitely spend less time thinking about myself in that way. Seriously a great decision. Even just for the increased time reading. I feel like my brain is back to normal. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-still-hasnt-opened-a-facebook-account/672093/97 "2013-11-02T00:41:58Z")
> [@Dorjan](#): > > “I don’t have a FB Account because…” is the new “I don’t have a tv in my house because…” False analogy. Not liking one specific website would be like refusing to watch one specific TV program. Not having a computer, now _that’s_ the new “I don’t have a TV.” ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-still-hasnt-opened-a-facebook-account/672093/98 "2013-11-02T00:54:36Z")
I do, and it has been good for keeping in touch, as well as for business. I’ve made far more money from Facebook than they have from me personally. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-still-hasnt-opened-a-facebook-account/672093/99 "2013-11-02T20:40:40Z")
> [@jali](#): > > I’m 55 with 4 adult children and 3 grands… And this is [why Facebook stock tanked.](http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/30/12-words-that-cost-facebook-18-billion-today/) > [@Facebook CFO David Ebersman](#): > > We did see a decrease in daily users specifically among younger teens. I knew, and said, Facebook was already dying before the IPO because grandparents were starting to use it. Sure, it will soldier on a few more years as the Buick of the online world, making buckets of money, but it has already stopped Mattering. So don’t bother getting a FB account. It’s over. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-still-hasnt-opened-a-facebook-account/672093/100 "2013-11-02T20:52:33Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > False analogy. Not liking one specific website would be like refusing to watch one specific TV program. Not having a computer, now _that’s_ the new “I don’t have a TV.” I think it’s a bit more complex than that. Facebook encompasses so much of the Internet that saying you don’t have a Facebook account is like saying “I own a TV, but I only watch PBS.” > [@dropzone](#): > > And this is [why Facebook stock tanked.](http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/30/12-words-that-cost-facebook-18-billion-today/) Facebook stock is still trading at a 20% premium over the IPO price. Pretending the company is even in trouble at this point is akin to the morons who keep repeating that Nintendo (with their billions of dollars in the bank) is going to implode any day now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-still-hasnt-opened-a-facebook-account/672093.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-still-hasnt-opened-a-facebook-account/672093.md?page=6)