# Why haven't any aliens got Facebook accounts? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 1, 2016, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-havent-any-aliens-got-facebook-accounts/750804 "2016-04-01T03:55:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-havent-any-aliens-got-facebook-accounts/750804/21 "2016-04-01T13:29:37Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > France. > I come from France. So you’re actually a **conevorousplant**? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-havent-any-aliens-got-facebook-accounts/750804/22 "2016-04-01T13:44:38Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > So you’re actually a **conevorousplant**? Oh no, France. We come from France. Dammit, they’re on to us, Kal-El! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-havent-any-aliens-got-facebook-accounts/750804/23 "2016-04-01T14:14:59Z")
> [@penfeather](#): > > they’re all still on myspace. This cracked me up more than it should have! ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-havent-any-aliens-got-facebook-accounts/750804/24 "2016-04-01T14:46:36Z")
There are so many of them on Facebook I am surprised you haven’t run into them many times already. There is even a computer company that specializes in hardware for them. [http://www.alienware.com/Landings/laptops.aspx?ST=alienware&dgc=ST&cid=297890&lid=5695027&acd=123098073120560&ven1=sy85BeuUP&ven2=e&ven3=877302473468422232](http://www.alienware.com/Landings/laptops.aspx?ST=alienware&dgc=ST&cid=297890&lid=5695027&acd=123098073120560&ven1=sy85BeuUP&ven2=e&ven3=877302473468422232) ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-havent-any-aliens-got-facebook-accounts/750804/25 "2016-04-01T14:50:43Z")
> [@bomberswarm2](#): > > Why haven’t aliens connected to the internet? I don’t know why they haven’t - they’ve been invited [DAVID BRIN looks at space exploration and seti](http://www.davidbrin.com/seti.html) "To Any Alien Lurkers Prowling or Waiting Out There If you are reading this, perusing the electronic communications network of our lonely little planet, please pick whichever of the following applies to you, and ignore the rest:" ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-havent-any-aliens-got-facebook-accounts/750804/26 "2016-04-01T14:53:13Z")
Many of them are on Facebook and Twitter, and they don’t even need computers. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-havent-any-aliens-got-facebook-accounts/750804/27 "2016-04-01T15:45:59Z")
I’m a legal alien for almost 200 countries and I have Facebook. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-havent-any-aliens-got-facebook-accounts/750804/28 "2016-04-01T15:59:06Z")
They use Thoraxbook. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Parker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-havent-any-aliens-got-facebook-accounts/750804/29 "2016-04-01T16:11:54Z")
“Commander, the first set of the 12-dimensional folded proton computers have arrived on the third planet of Star GHXJA14A and are ready for faster-than-light quantum communication. We have performed an initial survey of the life on the planet that generated the radio signal we received six jorgons ago. It appears they are not yet a threat to us, as they have not even developed focused gravity beams. \ But of course there’s no telling when they may make a technological leap, so the safest course is to begin extermination. We await your orders, sir.” “Great! First things first, get us set up on Tinder.” ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-havent-any-aliens-got-facebook-accounts/750804/30 "2016-04-01T16:14:04Z")
> [@bomberswarm2](#): > > This isn’t a joke, its serious. Why haven’t they connected to the internet if they do exist? They’re still waiting for the Verizon truck to show up. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-havent-any-aliens-got-facebook-accounts/750804/31 "2016-04-01T18:23:55Z")
Trump built a firewall. You haven’t heard about it 'cause he made the aliens pay. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-havent-any-aliens-got-facebook-accounts/750804/32 "2016-04-01T21:25:03Z")
Who (or should I say What) do you think runs [Alienware](http://www.alienware.com/)?? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-havent-any-aliens-got-facebook-accounts/750804/33 "2016-04-01T21:36:23Z")
> [@Canadjun](#): > > Who (or should I say What) do you think runs [Alienware](http://www.alienware.com/)?? Post #24 ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-havent-any-aliens-got-facebook-accounts/750804/34 "2016-04-01T23:32:09Z")
Post #24, ruler of Alienware has been deposed. Reports from Headquarters are that the Emporer’s Favored Nephew has been installed in the Office, Long Live Post #24 ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2016, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-havent-any-aliens-got-facebook-accounts/750804/35 "2016-04-02T00:37:48Z")
I think I saw some on PornHub. There’s a lot of anal probing going on there. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2016, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-havent-any-aliens-got-facebook-accounts/750804/36 "2016-04-02T01:11:03Z")
> [@Canadjun](#): > > Who (or should I say What) do you think runs [Alienware](http://www.alienware.com/)?? > [@running\_coach](#): > > Post #24 Oops! :o The aliens gave me a brain fart. That’s the only possible way I could have missed that. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2016, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-havent-any-aliens-got-facebook-accounts/750804/37 "2016-04-02T01:12:58Z")
They tried but that damn AOL free trial disc kept crashing out their advanced technology. (Well, lets be honest – it was the biggest memory-hog the Universe has ever seen) ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2016, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-havent-any-aliens-got-facebook-accounts/750804/38 "2016-04-02T04:11:21Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Or do you mean “Across the void of space, from their planet”? This would be pretty damn near impossible due to latency of signal - ping times in the International Space Station are probably bad enough to make for a generally subpar internet experience - ping times measured in years or centuries just aren’t going to work. Have you not studied [RFC 4838 - Delay-Tolerant Networking Architecture](http://www.rfc-base.org/rfc-4838.html) and [RFC 5325 - Licklider Transmission Protocol](https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5325) (a protocol for long-distance high-RTT Internet communication)? See also: Wikipedia discussion of [Interplanetary Internet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interplanetary_Internet). [Cerf’s Up!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cerf%27s_Up-marquee-20071031.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2016, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-havent-any-aliens-got-facebook-accounts/750804/39 "2016-04-02T05:01:27Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Yes. This book shows what they’re waiting for: > > [Till We Have Faces - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Till_We_Have_Faces#/media/File:Till_We_Have_Faces(C.S_Lewis_book)_1st_edition_cover.jpg) More like[this,](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6WP92s0DzAU/UVo48xsmKsI/AAAAAAAAzxg/i6aJvnWlbeU/s1600/ww-facelesshunter1.jpg)I think. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-havent-any-aliens-got-facebook-accounts/750804.md?page=1)