Anyone Facebookless?

I had one to keep in touch with my daughter, until I found out any pictures I posted became the property of Facebook.

Exactly.

me!

I don't have a Facebook account either.

Also had an account which I de-activated over a year ago...found it was a big waste of my time and too much nonsense is posted there..get along just fine without it.

I don't use it. I figure if someone wants to know about me, they can get in touch with me via phone, face-to-face, email or whatever. I don't need it all posted on a site for everyone else to know my business.

Thank you OP for this. I was starting to feel like I was the only one not into it.

I had one to keep in touch with my daughter, until I found out any pictures I posted became the property of Facebook.

I have FB to keep in touch with family and finding/reconnecting with old classmates. I like having a way to connect to a lot of people I care about in one area, but I can understand that it's not everyones cup of tea.


PS: Most online sites are like that, even MFP has something like that in their terms of use (#18 in the MFP TOS Agreement - http://www.myfitnesspal.com/welcome/terms_of_use ).

Basically a rule of thumb in the online world is to assume that any site where you have to create an account to log-in/share with has Terms of Services stating that you are giving said site the rights to ALL content you post while there.

Never had a Facebook account and never will.

Your pics are not property of Facebook. Lol. Anyone that thinks that is not really the brightest bulb. I've read the TOC, I'm not going into the legal stuff here. But, they don't own your pictures. Lol. Any pic you post anywhere on the Internet...ANYWHERE ON THE INTERNET... Is there forever. It's not Facebook, it's how the Internet works.

You know that MFP is searchable by Google. That means anything you post here is out there on the open Internet. If you're scared of Facebook, you should also immediately cancel your MFP account. Lol. Bunch of wackos, you are.

Anywho, you sit here posting, but don't have time for Facebook. Lol. Further evidence you are all wackos.

Facebook is a nice way to stay in touch with friends and relatives that you don't talk to a lot. While my kids are growing up, it is easy to simply put up a couple pics of the kids. Everyone sees them and can make comments. But the point is, I don't mail out pics, I don't send Xmas cards anymore, and I don't call 5th cousins that I've never met. But, it's nice to just simply communicate with them through that kind of medium.

People have this weird thing about Facebook. It is not time consuming. You can set alerts however you want. If you never want an email, just turn off all alerts. Security settings are pretty tight now. It's easy to use. Probably in 30 seconds once a week you can go in and see if anything is going on.

I'm friends with a lot of organizations and business in my area, so I always find out what's going on, where live bands are playing, and what's fun in my city. There is no way I would know about those things otherwise. It's an easy way for them to say, "tonight so and so band is playing, and it's a two for one drink night" or whatever. If it sounds fun, I may go. They don't advertise via other means anymore.

There are more benefits to having a page and you can use it however you want to. If its just not your thing, that's fine. I get that. But, when people are nasty about it, I figure they don't understand it and are ignorant to its benefits. I've gotten a lot of good use out of it.

My advice is when it comes to relationships, it's best to keep your relationship status and your girlfriend/boyfriend off Facebook until you are sure. If a break-up occurs, just immediately block them. You have to. I've seen ugly break ups on Facebook,and can't understand why they continue the banter when they can just block each other.

Never had and not really interested. That being said, I get annoyed when I almost feel pressured to have one to be able to see a new baby pic, find out about a family member, get the inside scoop on an event coming up and so on.

If I say "Oh I didn't know that", they look at me as if its my fault and say that I should have checked FaceBook. REALLY?????

Fb isn't that where people add you as friends and ignore you in the street, not on it, don't want to be on it, never joined it.

Fb isn't that where people add you as friends and ignore you in the street, not on it, don't want to be on it, never joined it.

WTH does that mean.

I have a FB account and I use daily. I find it great for keeping in touch with friends and family that are geographically close. It has also allowed to me reconnect with childhood friends that I had lost contact with as we all moved out of the small town we grew up in. I keep my FB private so not everyone has access to it. It's much easier to let family members know what is going on in your life and allow them to view pics of the kids growing up at their leisure....this way I don't have to remember to send the pics to everyone. It may not be for everyone; but it serves the purpose that I need it for. I love it!

Had one, deactivated it, don't miss it.

This.... FB is the devil....:devil:

Don't have one, don't want one. Would rather spend my time on here as it's productive and I spend a LOT of time on here! Lol x

Never wanted it, got one, didn't understand what to do with it. At one point I got addicted but I didn't like how I was spending my time and deleted it. Had to open one again for a project at my university (annoying as hell) and then opened one again a few other times but I always deleted it. I don't like everyone seeing my full name, I don't like people trying to add me based on the fact that we go to the same school, or on the fact that we have ~friends~ in common.


That being said I use Twitter daily, I like the fact that I don't have to put my full name on it, etc. Plus it seems like news travels quicker on there.