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2007 High school acquaintance: Join us on facebook! Me: What for? So you can treat me like shit like you did in high school? 2008 Cousin: Join us on fa

by edw519 8y ago

2007 High school acquaintance: Join us on facebook! Me: What for? So you can treat me like shit like you did in high school? 2008 Cousin: Join us on facebook, so you can stay in touch. Me: Why don't you just tell me what's happening like you always have? Then we can shoot the shit and laugh and talk and gossip, just us two, like we always have? 2009 Neighbor: Why don't you join our community group on facebook so you can see what's going on? Me: I'll just pay my dues and spend my time on what's really important to me. 2010 Work associate: Why don't you work at facebook? Everywhere else is lame. Me: Because lots of other places are doing cool stuff that really matters. 2011 Friend: I can't believe you're still not on facebook. Everyone is! Me: Your 2 sentences contradict each other. 2012 Me: Why didn't you invite me to your wedding? Fraternity brother: Because you're not on facebook. Me: Lame. And classless. 2013 Sister-in-law: Your business cannot succeed unless it has a presence on facebook. Me: Really? I just had my best year ever. 2014 Local business: See what we're up to on facebook. Me: I just go somewhere with their own website. 2015 Me: Why didn't you answer my emails? Friend: Why didn't you just message me? Me: What's that? 2016 Work friend: How do you manage to get so damn much work done? Me: Because I'm not spending hours every day on facebook on my phone. I'm too busy building stuff. 2017 Business guru: A following on facebook is not nearly as effective as a good email list. There's too much noise for the signal. Me: You don't say? 2018 Almost everyone: What have we done?!? facebook is ruining everything! Our privacy is gone! How do we get off? Me: I get off every day. The old fashioned way.

deepaksurti 8y ago
Now when some one asks me why I am not on FB, I will just redirect to this :-). Thanks and I thank myself for having not wasted even a second on any Social NW site, not that I look down on others who do. To each his own, for me staying away helped and I profited!
- fosco 8y ago
  HN is a social networking site, it is the only one I use. but I am spending time reading these comments... and probably do not want tknow the total time per week I spend on this site, I might cry because my excuse of not having time to exercise could be wrong.
xtrimsky1234 8y ago
So you literally missed a wedding and probably lost some friends and you still think it was a good idea? I mean I don't spend too much time on Facebook (I hate procrastinating so I'm limiting myself a lot). But it has been the most useful website I have used in the past 10 years. Yes more than Gmail or Github. It wasn't useful for work, but I'm still working hard even with facebook. I check it only in the bathroom. Concerning privacy? Privacy is long gone. And I couldn't care less. And I knew that in 2010, no need for cambridge analytica scandal. I just only communicate as if everything was public. I don't mind if any employer sees my entire Facebook/Twitter history. I don't mind if the presidential candidates know what type of milk I drink. I don't mind the government can track where I am using GPS or cell tower triangulation. I am who I am, and I have nothing to hide.

by edw519 8y ago

deepaksurti 8y ago

Now when some one asks me why I am not on FB, I will just redirect to this :-). Thanks and I thank myself for having not wasted even a second on any Social NW site, not that I look down on others who do. To each his own, for me staying away helped and I profited!

fosco 8y ago
HN is a social networking site, it is the only one I use. but I am spending time reading these comments... and probably do not want tknow the total time per week I spend on this site, I might cry because my excuse of not having time to exercise could be wrong.

xtrimsky1234 8y ago

So you literally missed a wedding and probably lost some friends and you still think it was a good idea? I mean I don't spend too much time on Facebook (I hate procrastinating so I'm limiting myself a lot). But it has been the most useful website I have used in the past 10 years. Yes more than Gmail or Github. It wasn't useful for work, but I'm still working hard even with facebook. I check it only in the bathroom. Concerning privacy? Privacy is long gone. And I couldn't care less. And I knew that in 2010, no need for cambridge analytica scandal. I just only communicate as if everything was public. I don't mind if any employer sees my entire Facebook/Twitter history. I don't mind if the presidential candidates know what type of milk I drink. I don't mind the government can track where I am using GPS or cell tower triangulation. I am who I am, and I have nothing to hide.