Yes, I've had one since early 2005 when a .edu email was required to signup.
I have 0 friends and the only content is a single status post of:
"I don't use facebook, please contact me via email".
Poll: Do you have a Facebook account?
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#62I am surprised how many nos there are. To all the people that don't have an account (I'm serious): why don't you? It seems like something that you can easily regulate. I have a super small number of friends. Almost no pictures. I haven't updated my info or approved any wall requests in a while. Even after the whole, "everyone is now searchable" most people who try and friend me say they can't find me to friend. I do…
"To all the people that don't have an account (I'm serious): why don't you?"
1. I've never felt the need to have one. E-mail, phone and face to face meetings are enough for me. My age may have something to do with it: I'm over 50, so I don't have a lot of friends who think that Facebook is an essential part of life - we all survived most of our adult lives without it.
2. I disapprove of Facebook's policies (real name requirements, ever-changing privacy settings, "like" buttons that track people all over the web, etc.) and don't want to support the company in any way.
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#63"You have deactivated your Facebook account." That was about 18 months ago. I've heard various things about what I could do with it now.
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#64I said yes. This is to keep in touch with some of my friends who do not leave nearby and have FB accounts. Also, some of my friends maintain FB accounts in order to keep in touch with children (and friends' children) who tend to stay on FB.
I understand the limitations and potential dangers of FB, however the convenience outweighs them.
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#65Re: Poll: Do you have a Facebook account?
#66what's your facebook?
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#67I am surprised how many nos there are. To all the people that don't have an account (I'm serious): why don't you? It seems like something that you can easily regulate. I have a super small number of friends. Almost no pictures. I haven't updated my info or approved any wall requests in a while. Even after the whole, "everyone is now searchable" most people who try and friend me say they can't find me to friend. I do…
" To all the people that don't have an account (I'm serious): why don't you? " 1. I've never felt the need to have one. E-mail, phone and face to face meetings are enough for me. My age may have something to do with it: I'm over 50, so I don't have a lot of friends who think that Facebook is an essential part of life - we all survived most of our adult lives without it. 2. I disapprove of Facebook's policies (real na…
Both fair points. I guess fb just offers enough value for me that I don't mind the tracking stuff. I definitely agree it is a scumbag move to track people without their knowledge but I think it is just too easy to educate yourself about the tracking that some of the blame (at some point) should shift to the user and not the company.
Just my opinion, I'm not arguing or anything. I can definitely see why people don't like it.
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#68Earlier quoted context omitted.
You either have an account, or don't. First one says you have, second one you don't.
Bob is founder of a business. Bob's business has an account. Has Bob got an account? Bob is an employee of a business. That business has an account. Bob's job is to run the account. Does Bob have an account? It's a little bit (but not much) hazier than a simple yes no.
Or, 50 shades of yes, otherwise no which is plain
Re: Poll: Do you have a Facebook account?
#69I am surprised how many nos there are. To all the people that don't have an account (I'm serious): why don't you? It seems like something that you can easily regulate. I have a super small number of friends. Almost no pictures. I haven't updated my info or approved any wall requests in a while. Even after the whole, "everyone is now searchable" most people who try and friend me say they can't find me to friend. I do…
" To all the people that don't have an account (I'm serious): why don't you? " 1. I've never felt the need to have one. E-mail, phone and face to face meetings are enough for me. My age may have something to do with it: I'm over 50, so I don't have a lot of friends who think that Facebook is an essential part of life - we all survived most of our adult lives without it. 2. I disapprove of Facebook's policies (real na…
1. Can't argue of course but use case, for me, is my cousin's daughter's daughter. A long heredity chain I'll confess, but being from an old school large family, that child is the same age as my own. That means that I have a point of contact with a relative that I would not otherwise have. So, thanks facebook, really brilliant meaningful connection I would not otherwise have.
2. I agree.
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#70I got rid of my Facebook account around two years ago.
I used to house clean every few weeks by deleting old, uninteresting posts. Each deletion required at least three clicks, so the process took over twenty minutes each cleaning session.
At the time, Facebook helped my stay in touch with my gang of friends overseas, with whom I had grown up. Still, I was already fed up with the constant user-hostile changes to Facebook's security settings.
It was one last twenty-minute cleaning session that pushed me over the edge. I thought about the constant push-back from the Facebook UI whenever I tried to delete, or secure my data. The good of staying in touch with my pals was outweighed by the disgust at sacrificing my privacy to a company who had no respect or concern for my wishes and opinions.
Two years now, and I feel so much better. To be honest, I lose a little respect for people I meet now, if I find out they're still using that abomination.