I collect them. Unlike many people, I don’t put them on the fridge. Mine are nicely displayed on the door of my apartment (inside only). The door is wood, covered with some kind of magnetic metal as part of fire code ordinance.
They work nicely for holding a piece of mail or list and occasionally spark conversation.
We have some ex-hard drive magnets too. DH likes them.
I’m in favor of refrigerator magnets. They do have some use for sticking stuff where it’ll get your attention, they’re decent recipe holders if the side of the fridge is easily visible from the counter workspace, and they give the place some personality.
Ours are all giveaways, from real estate agents and such. We use them for the meal list for the week and for our freezer inventory, for some discount coupons, and on the side of the refrigerator grocery and Costco shopping lists.
Never buy them on trips. I buy bookmarks for my collection.
I love 'em! What a perfect scam to pull on a sucker like me!
Caryco Magnets: DRESS-ME-UP DAVID TM I have 2 Davids and 2 Venus.
^ Those are the nazz!
Thanks! I’ve managed to only lose a bra and a shoe after having the sets for 20 years
My fridge is un-magnetic too.
The lil’wrekker liked having a place to display her good papers in grade school. I had a fridge that accepted magnets then. Never went crazy with fancy ones. Just plain ones.
Now I have none. Kinda boring.
I like them. I am a fan of sticking things up as visuals, both with magnets on refrigerators, and on bulletin boards. They are easy art projects!
Unfortunately, my current spouse does not share my aesthetic. Consequently, no magnets or bulletin boards.
Attractive.
The local power company sent their customers refrigerator magnets that are shaped like a light bulb, glow in the dark, and show their emergency number. Absolute genius.
Yes, absolutely - all of the above. 
They’re great for keeping the little ones entertained and relatively still in the kitchen. I know several people who found them tacky until they had grandkids 
I have 6 magnets on my fridge. They are novelty magnets, with quotes ranging from Keith Richards to Oscar Wilde.
After a mere 30 years of service, our refrigerator died recently. We bagged up all the magnets on the old fridge and have decided to keep the new fridge unadorned.
What film should refrigerator magnets advertise?
Frozen!
P.S. Why isn’t the full name of a fridge ‘refridgerator’?
My wife and I loved them. Two sides of our fridge was adorned with them and there were even a couple on the other side. Six weeks ago we moved into a condo whose fridge doesn’t hold them. Bummer! We still had some kid art, but filled it with all sorts of useful things like kitchen timers, calendars, shopping lists, photos, whatever.
I like fridge magnets, but unlike most, I tend to go for artsy magnets.
I have tiles from a museum, magnets done by an artist, and magnets that look like those ceramic jars labeled “Wishes”, “Good Advice”, etc.
And then there’s this
Well it’s not a component of the operation of the fridge. It’s a property of the material that the fridge is skinned in. Most people know that most common stainless steel is austenitic and contains more nickel, which makes it non-magnetic.
Remember when books on tape were actually on tape? And you threw your souvenir magnets in the suitcase with them to come back from a trip? Maybe that was just me.