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What about those of us who have no Facebook account?

by 16s 15y ago

tomjen3 15y ago
Well you won't be friend-ed by me. But you can always create a phony one.
perucoder 15y ago
It will probably get to a point where employers think you are lying because "everyone" has a facebook account.
- martingordon 15y ago
  Yup. Pretty soon a Facebook account (with a semblance of some activity) will be required to get a job.
  - kamjam 15y ago
    Yup, just like every developer must have Twitter, GitHub, an open suorce code repo, StackOverflow profile, professional blog, tumblr account etc etc. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3669568 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3669568 Personally, I like to have a real life off the computer sometimes.
    - devs1010 15y ago
      I hope you realize that you are exaggerating. Out of all of those, the only one that an employer has ever had any interest in was my GitHub account and I have gotten software dev jobs before I even had one
      - perucoder 15y ago
        Thats not true. I've had several employers tell me that not having a LinkedIn account was amateurish.
      - kamjam 15y ago
        Of course i'm exaggerating, I've worked in software for 10 years and never had any of those. Until about 3 months ago I didn't have a twitter account. I've never been out of work. BUT, the amount of people that look at me funny because I didn't, and the article that i linked to just reinforces that.
loungin 15y ago
I'd consider that a plus. (No account here either)
astrodust 15y ago
I can't wait for a service to pop up where for $500 they will make you an amazing, sterling Facebook account you can "share" with people. It will be populated with believable postings from other people you know, yet all of these other people will be cardboard cut-outs.
- WiseWeasel 15y ago
  My cousin and I came up with a similar idea; we called it Fakebook, and then promptly went on to forget about it. There's gold in them there hills, though!
- AkThhhpppt 15y ago
  Sounds familiar: http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2007-09-17-n72.html http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2007-09-17-n72.html
WiseWeasel 15y ago
We are to be burned at the stake for social crimes.

What about those of us who have no Facebook account?

by 16s 15y ago

What about those of us who have no Facebook account?

tomjen3 15y ago

Well you won't be friend-ed by me. But you can always create a phony one.

perucoder 15y ago

It will probably get to a point where employers think you are lying because "everyone" has a facebook account.

martingordon 15y ago
Yup. Pretty soon a Facebook account (with a semblance of some activity) will be required to get a job.
- kamjam 15y ago
  Yup, just like every developer must have Twitter, GitHub, an open suorce code repo, StackOverflow profile, professional blog, tumblr account etc etc. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3669568 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3669568 Personally, I like to have a real life off the computer sometimes.
  - devs1010 15y ago
    I hope you realize that you are exaggerating. Out of all of those, the only one that an employer has ever had any interest in was my GitHub account and I have gotten software dev jobs before I even had one
    - perucoder 15y ago
      Thats not true. I've had several employers tell me that not having a LinkedIn account was amateurish.
    - kamjam 15y ago
      Of course i'm exaggerating, I've worked in software for 10 years and never had any of those. Until about 3 months ago I didn't have a twitter account. I've never been out of work. BUT, the amount of people that look at me funny because I didn't, and the article that i linked to just reinforces that.

loungin 15y ago

I'd consider that a plus. (No account here either)

astrodust 15y ago

I can't wait for a service to pop up where for $500 they will make you an amazing, sterling Facebook account you can "share" with people. It will be populated with believable postings from other people you know, yet all of these other people will be cardboard cut-outs.

WiseWeasel 15y ago
My cousin and I came up with a similar idea; we called it Fakebook, and then promptly went on to forget about it. There's gold in them there hills, though!
AkThhhpppt 15y ago
Sounds familiar: http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2007-09-17-n72.html http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2007-09-17-n72.html

WiseWeasel 15y ago

We are to be burned at the stake for social crimes.