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> Not having a facebook account (or any social media website account) forced me to be more active. It forced me to contact my friends face to face. This has HUG

> Not having a facebook account (or any social media website account) forced me to be more active. It forced me to contact my friends face to face. This has HUGE advantages. I'm assuming you don't have kids and don't need an easy way to share photos with family. You know, the parents that ask you to email all of your photos? I know that piles of baby photos are annoying, but they are less annoying then when they are forced on you via email. In FB at least you can squelch people if they annoy you. Or if you really like your friends, you can create a separate account for baby pics and only post to that account.

wylie 14y ago
Even though Facebook is really big for photos, there are dedicated apps/platforms for sharing photos or albums with people that do a better job, especially where privacy is an issue (like baby photos). I don't see any advantage to using Facebook over a dedicated app or just email.
- darkarmani 14y ago
  The only advantage is network effect. It's hard enough getting the grandparents to use any service, so having a few people already on facebook makes it that much easier to just get everyone on the same service.
biomechanica 14y ago
Again with this notion that facebook solves the "sharing photo's" problem. It is not the only means of communication or file sharing. There are applications out there that are much better and less susceptible to unwanted eyes/abuse. While I may not have children, I have close friends who do and family that does. So what? I communicate with them just fine and share bday photos like everyone else without a problem and without being tied to facebook. If you have a problem with annoying photo's without facebook, then may I suggest telling those involved with sending you too much info/photo's to maybe limit it a bit? It's not hard to do and you can do it in such a way that doesn't sound mean. For such a "social network" people have trouble communicating with each other, it seems.
- darkarmani 14y ago
  > While I may not have children, I have close friends who do and family that does. So what? I communicate with them just fine and share bday photos like everyone else without a problem and without being tied to facebook. How does everyone else do this? How do people get both sets of grandparents checking the same photo sharing site where mom can take pictures at the playground and share instantly? What photo site is easy enough that the grandparents can snap photos on their smartphone (that they barely know how to use) that lets them easily upload them? > It is not the only means of communication or file sharing. Of course not. The network effect makes it easy to push the last few missing family members onto it for a narrow purpose. > If you have a problem with annoying photo's without facebook, then may I suggest telling those involved with sending you too much info/photo's to maybe limit it a bit? I would never tell new parents that. Luckily, some forms of sharing are easy to rate limit. > For such a "social network" people have trouble communicating with each other, it seems That's just it. Email isn't really a social network.

wylie 14y ago

Even though Facebook is really big for photos, there are dedicated apps/platforms for sharing photos or albums with people that do a better job, especially where privacy is an issue (like baby photos). I don't see any advantage to using Facebook over a dedicated app or just email.

darkarmani 14y ago
The only advantage is network effect. It's hard enough getting the grandparents to use any service, so having a few people already on facebook makes it that much easier to just get everyone on the same service.

biomechanica 14y ago

Again with this notion that facebook solves the "sharing photo's" problem. It is not the only means of communication or file sharing. There are applications out there that are much better and less susceptible to unwanted eyes/abuse. While I may not have children, I have close friends who do and family that does. So what? I communicate with them just fine and share bday photos like everyone else without a problem and without being tied to facebook. If you have a problem with annoying photo's without facebook, then may I suggest telling those involved with sending you too much info/photo's to maybe limit it a bit? It's not hard to do and you can do it in such a way that doesn't sound mean. For such a "social network" people have trouble communicating with each other, it seems.

darkarmani 14y ago
> While I may not have children, I have close friends who do and family that does. So what? I communicate with them just fine and share bday photos like everyone else without a problem and without being tied to facebook. How does everyone else do this? How do people get both sets of grandparents checking the same photo sharing site where mom can take pictures at the playground and share instantly? What photo site is easy enough that the grandparents can snap photos on their smartphone (that they barely know how to use) that lets them easily upload them? > It is not the only means of communication or file sharing. Of course not. The network effect makes it easy to push the last few missing family members onto it for a narrow purpose. > If you have a problem with annoying photo's without facebook, then may I suggest telling those involved with sending you too much info/photo's to maybe limit it a bit? I would never tell new parents that. Luckily, some forms of sharing are easy to rate limit. > For such a "social network" people have trouble communicating with each other, it seems That's just it. Email isn't really a social network.