# Facebook question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-question/664049>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 20, 2013, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-question/664049 "2013-07-20T18:37:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![velomont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8491ac/32.png) [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2013, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-question/664049/1 "2013-07-20T18:37:46Z")

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I don’t have a facebook account (and I’m not bragging or making some sort of statement here) but there are organizations, clubs etc that have facebook pages instead of the sort of site that might have been used a few years ago. Do I need to have my own account in order to access those sites? Thanks

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2013, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-question/664049/2 "2013-07-20T18:40:43Z")

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You may be able to see their page without logging in, but it’s probably going to be a PITA. Just set up a throwaway email account and create a FB page using a bogus name. Then you can check those pages or like the stores you want to be able to keep track of.

Of course, the easiest thing to do would be to just click over to that company’s facebook page and see if you can access it.

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**Author:** ![velomont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8491ac/32.png) [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2013, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-question/664049/3 "2013-07-20T18:47:13Z")

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Thanks for that. I’ll check it out.