# Show of hands - who is not on Facebook? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 26, 2013, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-of-hands-who-is-not-on-facebook/656754 "2013-04-26T13:56:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-of-hands-who-is-not-on-facebook/656754/21 "2013-04-26T15:00:05Z")
The missus has a Facebook page that she checks on a regular basis but I don’t bother with it. No interest in other social network tools ( Twitter, Instagram, etc. ), unless you count the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-of-hands-who-is-not-on-facebook/656754/22 "2013-04-26T15:00:51Z")
I’ve never used a telephone. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-of-hands-who-is-not-on-facebook/656754/23 "2013-04-26T15:01:53Z")
I have an account under a fake name but never use it. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-of-hands-who-is-not-on-facebook/656754/24 "2013-04-26T15:06:30Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > I have an account under a fake name but never use it. For some reason, this reminds me of a song: [All The Gold In California by Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8YdlJMQy-8) ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-of-hands-who-is-not-on-facebook/656754/25 "2013-04-26T15:17:42Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > I vote for SDMB. That’s as close as I get to being “social” on a computer. Yeah, but I suspect we’ll be waiting some time to hear from someone who has never gone on SDMB! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-of-hands-who-is-not-on-facebook/656754/26 "2013-04-26T15:21:17Z")
I don’t have a twitter, but do have a facebook and use it regularly. Honestly, I could live without it, and have for various periods of time. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-of-hands-who-is-not-on-facebook/656754/27 "2013-04-26T15:21:51Z")
31, male. Nope. Tried it for a week or two but found the interface and the bullshit too irritating. I am a heavy user of Twitter though. Slightly different poison. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-of-hands-who-is-not-on-facebook/656754/28 "2013-04-26T15:24:28Z")
No facebook, no interest. I think I’ve signed up for twitter but never used it and have no idea of my screenname or password. ---
**Author:** ![stretch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@stretch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stretch)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-of-hands-who-is-not-on-facebook/656754/29 "2013-04-26T15:24:40Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Pinterest. No interest. I’ve seen Pinterest, because Dopers have linked to things there, but I have not used it. Three things! ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-of-hands-who-is-not-on-facebook/656754/30 "2013-04-26T15:52:54Z")
“Not on Facebook” is the new “I Don’t Own a TV”. Don’t we do one of these threads every couple of months? ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-of-hands-who-is-not-on-facebook/656754/31 "2013-04-26T16:01:12Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > “Not on Facebook” is the new “I Don’t Own a TV”. Don’t we do one of these threads every couple of months? I dunno - I’ve never used the search function. 😉 I’ve heard of Pinterest - that’s about it. How big is it? Cause if that’s our 3d, I’ll mail **stretch** a letter! ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-of-hands-who-is-not-on-facebook/656754/32 "2013-04-26T16:02:09Z")
No face book here either. I had a Twitter account for a few days before that seemed like such a waste for me. ---
**Author:** ![artemis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/91b2a8/32.png) [@artemis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/artemis)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-of-hands-who-is-not-on-facebook/656754/33 "2013-04-26T16:04:50Z")
Not on Facebook, and don’t have a Twitter account either. But since I’m still using Livejournal, I can hardly be accused of being an elitist snob when it comes to social media! ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-of-hands-who-is-not-on-facebook/656754/34 "2013-04-26T16:16:33Z")
Pinterest was launched in 2010 and reportedly has 48.7 million users and climbing. So it’s not in the same league yet, but it’s heading there fast. Twitter has apx. 554 million and Facebook is just over 1 billion, according to various sources. ---
**Author:** ![Chicken\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Chicken\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicken_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-of-hands-who-is-not-on-facebook/656754/35 "2013-04-26T16:19:04Z")
Oh I’m a television slut, but I’m not on Facebook and I don’t check peoples’ Facebook pages, no matter how much they insist. I can’t seem to summon the interest and energy. I enjoy more personal, two-way communications. I’ve lost touch with a few otherwise fun and interesting friends because they found emailing too taxing and old-fashioned, and just wanted to present their lives for mass consumption via Facebook. I do read my Twitter feed pretty often, though I don’t post. It’s a good source of news, and makes me laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-of-hands-who-is-not-on-facebook/656754/36 "2013-04-26T16:20:38Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > “Not on Facebook” is the new “I Don’t Own a TV”. Don’t we do one of these threads every couple of months? Maybe, but I was too cool to open it. Regards, Shodan 😉 ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-of-hands-who-is-not-on-facebook/656754/37 "2013-04-26T16:37:30Z")
> [@L. G. Butts](#): > > I’m 44 and I have a page, but I have not logged in in more than 2 years and have only logged in a total of 3 times. That’s me too. The only reason I signed up was to look to see what my teenage daughter was posting. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-of-hands-who-is-not-on-facebook/656754/38 "2013-04-26T16:38:32Z")
I have a FB account which I started because I wanted to search for someone, but it has nothing on it to speak of, and I don’t have any “friends” there. Roddy ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-of-hands-who-is-not-on-facebook/656754/39 "2013-04-26T16:43:16Z")
I have a Facebook account, but the only thing I’ve ever done with it is confirm friend requests. I’m not even really sure what could be done with it. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-of-hands-who-is-not-on-facebook/656754/40 "2013-04-26T16:49:56Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > That’s me too. The only reason I signed up was to look to see what my teenage daughter was posting. That’s probably why I never signed up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-of-hands-who-is-not-on-facebook/656754.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-of-hands-who-is-not-on-facebook/656754.md?page=3)