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People think those who don't use Facebook are lunatics? Why?

by sillysaurus2 13y ago

hnha 13y ago
depending on the demographic, sure.
mjn 13y ago
In some demographics it's seen as at least sort of quaint/eccentric disconnection, like not having a mobile phone.
tabookfaced 13y ago
Because it's supposedly antisocial behaviour as you don't follow the herd and it has been noted that high profile serial killers and mass murderers don't have facebook. To me it's either people who can't be bothered or people who actually care, are knowledgeable enough and value their time and privacy.
keevie 13y ago
I feel like a lot of people don't realize just how omnipresent facebook is in places like college campuses. I personally know about four people who aren't on facebook. There's a whole sphere of social interaction that you can't be a part of if you're not on facebook.
algorias 13y ago
For younger generations who grew up with this kind of tech, it's just not conceivable. For them, Facebook is a synonym for having contact with their friends. In a discussion we once had in class, I mentioned that an option that hadn't been listed besides Facebook, Google+, Diaspora, etc was "none of the above". I got bewildered stares of disbelief in return.
- frio 13y ago
  Maybe. This is rapidly becoming less true. I had to give a talk at a school the other day ("tech is cool, join the tech industry!") and the bulk of the students didn't have Facebook accounts -- because their parents are on it. Maybe that'll change when they reach a University age, but it was striking how few of them used it.
  - gailees 13y ago
    Instagram is taking over amongst young people.
    - rzt 13y ago
      Instagram is even taking over among people in the post-adolescent set. The engagement I see seems to be more vigorous, especially if you're dialed-in and you're making good/interesting photos.
    - Pretzels 13y ago
      Or snapchat.
  - ansgri 13y ago
    Now that's a really good point. No self-respecting kid will use the same _one-to-many_ platform to communicate with friends and parents. Maybe they'll add some convenient 'Circles' feature, but the association with 'those old people' will remain.
- adventured 13y ago
  Actually Facebook is most likely going to erode from the younger generation/s upwards. They don't need Facebook at all, their social network is new and can be formed on other services. Over the coming decade, Facebook will become an older person's social network (35+). They'll completely lose the youth demographic. The least cool thing is to be where everybody else is, your parents and teachers included. This effect is already hitting Facebook.
pavs 13y ago
Yes definitely. People who doesn't use facebook by choice are thought of being crazy. I use facebook, for me its a great to keep in touch with my friends and family members who are all over the world. I have a friend who doesn't want to jump in to the facebook bandwagon and our mutual friends thinks he is crazy for not using facebook. The side effect is he almost never gets invited if there is a get together and have no idea whats going with most of our mutual friends. He does have a close group of friends he keeps in touch with (like me, on phone or whatsapp). I hate facebook's privacy implications, I sympathize with his views. But facebook, the platform, is actually useful to me so I continue to use until a better alternative comes out.
- darkbot 13y ago
  Have a look at Diaspora
  - tabookfaced 13y ago
    don't waste your time with this, it's an overhyped attempt at being facebook which is not what it should. have a look at the freedom box instead: https://www.freedomboxfoundation.org/ https://www.freedomboxfoundation.org/
    - Amadou 13y ago
      I'm a big supporter of freedombox - but today you can use a diaspora server operated by someone else, basically no pain. But freedombox is a long ways from a similar no-pain experience.
      - a1a 13y ago
        I have failed to find any list of "known attacks" against diaspora. But I would like to point out a fundamental flaw: What is to stop anyone from setting up a malicious server in diaspora? Even if I don't trust facebook, I still trust them more than a random individual running a server. Hopefully there are some solution for this? Perhaps server operators don't actually see any unencrypted data?
EliRivers 13y ago
This attitude will die soon enough; the very young are starting to see Facebook as a niche website for grandparents.

People think those who don't use Facebook are lunatics? Why?

hnha 13y ago

depending on the demographic, sure.

mjn 13y ago

In some demographics it's seen as at least sort of quaint/eccentric disconnection, like not having a mobile phone.

tabookfaced 13y ago

Because it's supposedly antisocial behaviour as you don't follow the herd and it has been noted that high profile serial killers and mass murderers don't have facebook. To me it's either people who can't be bothered or people who actually care, are knowledgeable enough and value their time and privacy.

keevie 13y ago

I feel like a lot of people don't realize just how omnipresent facebook is in places like college campuses. I personally know about four people who aren't on facebook. There's a whole sphere of social interaction that you can't be a part of if you're not on facebook.

algorias 13y ago

For younger generations who grew up with this kind of tech, it's just not conceivable. For them, Facebook is a synonym for having contact with their friends. In a discussion we once had in class, I mentioned that an option that hadn't been listed besides Facebook, Google+, Diaspora, etc was "none of the above". I got bewildered stares of disbelief in return.

frio 13y ago
Maybe. This is rapidly becoming less true. I had to give a talk at a school the other day ("tech is cool, join the tech industry!") and the bulk of the students didn't have Facebook accounts -- because their parents are on it. Maybe that'll change when they reach a University age, but it was striking how few of them used it.
- gailees 13y ago
  Instagram is taking over amongst young people.
  - rzt 13y ago
    Instagram is even taking over among people in the post-adolescent set. The engagement I see seems to be more vigorous, especially if you're dialed-in and you're making good/interesting photos.
  - Pretzels 13y ago
    Or snapchat.
- ansgri 13y ago
  Now that's a really good point. No self-respecting kid will use the same _one-to-many_ platform to communicate with friends and parents. Maybe they'll add some convenient 'Circles' feature, but the association with 'those old people' will remain.
adventured 13y ago
Actually Facebook is most likely going to erode from the younger generation/s upwards. They don't need Facebook at all, their social network is new and can be formed on other services. Over the coming decade, Facebook will become an older person's social network (35+). They'll completely lose the youth demographic. The least cool thing is to be where everybody else is, your parents and teachers included. This effect is already hitting Facebook.

pavs 13y ago

Yes definitely. People who doesn't use facebook by choice are thought of being crazy. I use facebook, for me its a great to keep in touch with my friends and family members who are all over the world. I have a friend who doesn't want to jump in to the facebook bandwagon and our mutual friends thinks he is crazy for not using facebook. The side effect is he almost never gets invited if there is a get together and have no idea whats going with most of our mutual friends. He does have a close group of friends he keeps in touch with (like me, on phone or whatsapp). I hate facebook's privacy implications, I sympathize with his views. But facebook, the platform, is actually useful to me so I continue to use until a better alternative comes out.

darkbot 13y ago
Have a look at Diaspora
- tabookfaced 13y ago
  don't waste your time with this, it's an overhyped attempt at being facebook which is not what it should. have a look at the freedom box instead: https://www.freedomboxfoundation.org/ https://www.freedomboxfoundation.org/
  - Amadou 13y ago
    I'm a big supporter of freedombox - but today you can use a diaspora server operated by someone else, basically no pain. But freedombox is a long ways from a similar no-pain experience.
    - a1a 13y ago
      I have failed to find any list of "known attacks" against diaspora. But I would like to point out a fundamental flaw: What is to stop anyone from setting up a malicious server in diaspora? Even if I don't trust facebook, I still trust them more than a random individual running a server. Hopefully there are some solution for this? Perhaps server operators don't actually see any unencrypted data?

EliRivers 13y ago

This attitude will die soon enough; the very young are starting to see Facebook as a niche website for grandparents.