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> What do you tell people when you don't use Facebook? There are so many options. * It's not 2006 anymore. * That whole privacy thing, never can tell what th
by brownbat 10y ago
> What do you tell people when you don't use Facebook?
There are so many options.
* It's not 2006 anymore.
* That whole privacy thing, never can tell what they're doing with your data.
* I was creeped out when I saw a friend's face endorsing a product on a third party website thanks to FB. I couldn't be sure what my face was selling, so I dropped out.
* It's just gated internet, like AOL all over again. (Hat tip, Cringely.)
* People get addicted to FB, it's good to cut loose and experience the offline world every now and again, force real interactions.
* I think X social network is better.
* I'm a hipster / It's too popular.
* All my best friends use X instead.
* My whole family is on it.
* My whole family is not on it.
* Kept having fights with relatives.
* Spent too much time on it.
* Someone stole/hacked/forged my account once, it was a big hassle, so I've just stayed away.
* I stand with Native Americans / LGBT users / victims of abuse in protest of FB's true name policy.
* Facebook banned me after I [insert amusing story here].
* I don't want to upset Cameron Winklevoss.
- odammit 10y agoI was on a first date and my date asked if I had a facebook. I said no (I didn't) and we she asked why. I said, "because I could give a shit less" (or something equally as cool). She said it was "creepy" that I didn't have one and that I must be hiding something. SMH. I was hiding something, my privacy. Now I use facebook and I'm a dopamine junkie looping hamster.
- akerro 10y agoSee, you're a cool guy now!
- eveningcoffee 10y agoIn other news https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13019923 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13019923 ;)
- odammit 10y agoFacebook is implementing some really gorilla marketing tactics.
- hmmwell 10y agoThe question remains, did you miss out on getting to know an interesting person, or did you dodge a bullet here?
- odammit 10y agoFunny enough, after seeing the kind of nonsense she posted, I lost interest!
- deleted 10y ago[deleted]
- ralfd 10y agoNative Americans?
- brownbat 10y agoNative Americans have been repeatedly removed from the service without warning. Requesting explanation, they are typically informed that their actual name is obviously fake. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook_real-name_policy_controversy#Native_Americans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook_real-name_policy_cont... For the more general phenomenon, I recommend "Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names": https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/ https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-...
- throwaway7312 10y ago"Got tired of watching the highlight reel of other people's lives and decided to spend my time living in mine."
- SkyMarshal 10y agoAlso don't forget: * Makes people depressed * Got caught performing unethical experiments on users a few years ago, monitoring how different news feed items changed their mood and emotional state