# How Many facebook accounts do you have, and use? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 11, 2010, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-facebook-accounts-do-you-have-and-use/553370 "2010-09-11T02:37:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-facebook-accounts-do-you-have-and-use/553370/41 "2010-09-14T14:24:55Z")
Ok, I technically have one but my son made it. I don’t completely understand but apparently there are some games you can play and it helps to have an Army of fellow players to play as part of your team. So my son created a facebook for each of the family and all the pets to up his game. He has 14 facebooks. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-facebook-accounts-do-you-have-and-use/553370/42 "2010-09-14T14:32:28Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I know what facebook is, but without the option for zero… > > I used to have an account. I got sick of the glurge and the ultra-right-wing political BS and the stupid games/quizzes/silliness. So I quit. I don’t miss it. Nor did my friends, apparently _snip_. This is me, exactly, but add that I also got sick of Faecbook’s total disregard for your privacy and the fact that the creator and most people have very, very different ideas on what constitutes “privacy”. ---
**Author:** ![Trom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Trom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trom)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-facebook-accounts-do-you-have-and-use/553370/43 "2010-09-14T14:43:33Z")
Have 1 and use it rarely. I signed up for it a long time when it was offered to a handful of universities and required an “@specificschool.edu” email to get access. As it got larger and larger I started to like it less and less. When it got to the point where 3rd party apps were trying to access personal info it was game over for me. I still have an account, but I have close to no information on my profile anymore. ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-facebook-accounts-do-you-have-and-use/553370/44 "2010-09-14T15:11:56Z")
Had one, closed it (maybe 2 yrs ago?). ---
**Author:** ![Time\_Stranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@Time\_Stranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Time_Stranger)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-facebook-accounts-do-you-have-and-use/553370/45 "2010-09-14T15:27:10Z")
> [@Jeneva](#): > > > [@BigT](#): > > > > You do have to watch out if you put people in more than one group, as visibility overrides invisibility. > > I had wondered about that. You know this to be the case? According to the facebook help, this isn’t true - the most restrictive is always in place. Here’s what they say under the Friend’s List help section (go to account -\> help center -\> Friends -\> Friend Lists and Privacy settings): > [@](#): > > If you add a user to more than one Friend List, and those Friend Lists have conflicting privacy settings, the more restrictive of the privacy settings will always be respected. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-facebook-accounts-do-you-have-and-use/553370/46 "2010-09-14T15:48:10Z")
I have one. I use zero. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-facebook-accounts-do-you-have-and-use/553370/47 "2010-09-14T17:38:53Z")
I have one and I use it every single day, mostly to pass links back and forth to my daughter and a few close friends. Today I shared the premiere video for the remake of Hawaii Five-0! Daniel Dae Kim goodness must be shared! I also have two catbooks and two dogbooks. My cats and dogs have friends they need to keep in touch with, you see. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-facebook-accounts-do-you-have-and-use/553370/48 "2010-09-14T18:29:49Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Why would anyone have more than one Facebook account? When I start booking gigs more regularly I plan to create a “fan page” for myself: anyone who is interested in following me can “like” the page and get notices about my shows, and I won’t have to spam all of my friends’ feeds or try to guess who I should invite each time. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-facebook-accounts-do-you-have-and-use/553370/49 "2010-09-14T18:47:24Z")
I have approximately 1 and 1/10th of a Facebook page. There’s my personal page … that I barely ever go to anymore (maybe once or twice a month). And then there’s my band’s page, which about 9 or 10 other people have access to and update far more regularly than I do. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-facebook-accounts-do-you-have-and-use/553370/50 "2010-09-14T19:06:59Z")
I clicked “What’s Facebook” because my real choice was not there “Know of it and loathe it”. I don’t know about the rest of you, but hearing from the people I went to High School with is the\*\* last\*\* thing I want to do. ---
**Author:** ![Dunkelheit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dunkelheit/32/248_2.png) [@Dunkelheit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunkelheit)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-facebook-accounts-do-you-have-and-use/553370/51 "2010-09-16T16:15:58Z")
> [@Time\_Stranger](#): > > According to the facebook help, this isn’t true - the most restrictive is always in place. (snip) > > > [@](#): > > > > If you add a user to more than one Friend List, and those Friend Lists have conflicting privacy settings, the more restrictive of the privacy settings will always be respected. Okay, that’s what I thought, or assumed, rather. 😉 Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-facebook-accounts-do-you-have-and-use/553370/52 "2010-09-16T16:40:16Z")
Have + use 1. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-facebook-accounts-do-you-have-and-use/553370.md?page=2)