People Who Don't Use Facebook

CapriSunFun

Im curious to know what people think when they find out someone doesn't use Facebook.

I myself don't use it, I've never really seen the attraction, mostly just acquaintances bragging about their lives or fishing for compliments. I do envy the private jokes I miss out on with friends or the handy way of sending/receiving info on parties etc, but frankly it scares me that people can just know your name and look you up.
When I meet someone who doesn't use it I almost think "Thank God, someone normal!".
But it seems whenever I tell someone I don't use Facebook, they look at me and think I'm some sort of weirdo/loner.
Everyone always seems to be complaining about how crap it's become, but it doesn't stop people using it!
Will social networking ever die down so I can be seen as normal again?!
And why do you use Facebook?

epgc3fyqirnbsx

I like to know when people are hungover.com

What's it like having no friends?

hidinginthebush

Its a good way to stay in touch with my mates that have upped sticks and left for oz. Its also good for seeing pics mates have from holidays. I don't add someone unless I have their mobile number, otherwise I'd end up with a bunch of fukcwits I've barely talked to.

CapriSunFun

Sacramento wrote: »

What's it like having no friends?

"But it seems whenever I tell someone I don't use Facebook, they look at me and think I'm some sort of weirdo/loner."

Good to see you fit the bill.

Just to clarify; I'm obviously not bashing people who use Facebook, I'm just curious to know what people think when they find out someone doesn't use it.

wolf moon

I don't use Facebook myself nor any member of my family.
I don't care whether anyone uses it or not.

What the feck? It's only a website, what's the point in getting so hyped about it?

milehip1

CapriSunFun wrote: »

but frankly it scares me that people can just know your name and look you up.

Everyone always seems to be complaining about how crap it's become, but it doesn't stop people using it
Will social networking ever die down so I can be seen as normal again?!
And why do you use Facebook?

there's privacy setting so people cant get right on your page plus you dont have to use your real name

people come and go from these site in droves, remember Bebo?
facebook will go the same way in a few.

Captain Chaos

hidinginthebush wrote: »

Its a good way to stay in touch with my mates that have upped sticks and left for oz. Its also good for seeing pics mates have from holidays..

There is email, gmail, Skype, Viber and MSN for years that did all that before Facebook. FB is not the be all and end all most people think it is.

Personally couldn't care about people's pics of what they get up to tbh.

bnt

I don't use Facebook. I looked at it and their privacy policies about five years ago, and thought "you what?!?", and that was case closed. None of my real-world friends are on there, either - they're working people, the whole thing went under their radar. We are using LinkedIn for professional networking.

thebigbiffo

yup - it's handy for keeping in touch with people you might not necessarily see much of...that you like. you do get landed with a bunch of assholes who do talk s'hite unfortunately but that's the trade off.

sgb

I got a ride off someone I knew 20 years ago that I got in touch with via facebook love fb

ahyeahok

Im not on FB and i never want to be. Why in gods name do people put up personal stuff for the world to see.. "oh well you can block what people can see" is the answer i get, yet they have countless people added as "friends" who they wouldn't talk to if they met them on the street.

subway

Same thing I thought about people who thought they could ignore mobile phones. You can't stop the evolution of communication.
The world has moved on.

Phill Ewinn

Perving over people who wouldn't be seen dead with me.

Captain Chaos

wolf moon wrote: »

What the feck? It's only a website, what's the point in getting so hyped about it?

Because it's everywhere now. On posters, ads, radio ads. Cinema movies and video games, even some online e-tailer only operate through crappy FB. It's a pain in the hoop.

stoneill

I don't use facebook -
I'm sure it has it uses but I prefer to talk to family and friends.

EarlERizer

I've never felt the need to 'join up' with the masses on farcebook,Glad to report that I'm normal ...... apart from the webbed feet,ginger hair and no bellybutton!

ahyeahok

Unsocial networking in my eyes

blackalicious

i use facebook but would only look at it when someone messages me.. its very handy for keeping contact with people around the world though..

wolf moon

Captain Chaos wrote: »

Because it's everywhere now. On posters, ads, radio ads. Cinema movies and video games, even some online e-tailer only operate through crappy FB. It's a pain in the hoop.

I still don't give a fook.

EarlERizer

blackalicious wrote: »

i use facebook but would only look at it when someone messages me.. its very handy for keeping contact with people around the world though..

I use Skype .......... like phone calls but a helluva lot cheaper! and no need to update any wall or status for all n sundry to know.:rolleyes:

WatchWolf

I just use it as a fast way to message my mates. I don't use it for pictures or bragging really.

5starpool

I am still refusing to set up a facebook account.

Captain Chaos

WatchWolf wrote: »

I just use it as a fast way to message my mates. I don't use it for pictures or bragging really.

You have a FB account just to send messages? MSN and Gmail chat do the same thing with less hassle, even Skype.

sunflower27

Not on it either. No interest at all.

Most people usually ask why not and I just say I don't like it and they look horrified and slowly back away.

EarlERizer

WatchWolf wrote: »

I just use it as a fast way to message my mates. I don't use it for pictures or bragging really.

I use Webtext on O2.ie ..........250 free per month from the website plus all the other free bundles & talktime minutes i get,more than enough.:)

rossie1977

Captain Chaos wrote: »

There is email, gmail, Skype, Viber and MSN for years that did all that before Facebook. FB is not the be all and end all most people think it is..

the popularity of facebook baffles me, not only was there all that stuff you mention but there were loads of social networking sites just like facebook BEFORE facebook such as bebo, myspace, wayn

you would swear facebook created something new or reinvented the wheel

CapriSunFun

sunflower27 wrote: »

Not on it either. No interest at all.

Most people usually ask why not and I just say I don't like it and they look horrified and slowly back away.

Lol same for me, they back away in horror as if I said I don't have genitals, it's just Facebook dammit!

I've heard of people who practically stalk someones Facebook, find out where they're headed out to that night and purposely go to "bump into them". I know the majority of people don't do this but the fact that it's so easy to do makes it scary to me.

lamai

I use it and think it's great I am a member of a triathlon club, and the club use facebook put up times for training sessions, changes in training, club things and photos of people in the club doing triathlons. It's just handy for chatting to people, It also can be funny for slagging people off.

Giselle

I had a facebook account for six months before I deleted it. In real life, I'm not in contact with 200 'friends' and I'm not really better off knowing their thoughts or feelings from day to day.

It just eats up time, and for what? If I like people enough I'll make proper contact with them. If I like people enough I'll let them know me properly.

Best thing I've done recently was get that time back and step away from facebook.

Yourself

This thread probably reminded everyone who uses it to log back on haha!

I use it, its great for sharing photos and cheaper way than calls and texts for keeping in touch, its also a less formal way of keeping business contacts open.

sunflower27

CapriSunFun wrote: »

Lol same for me, they back away in horror as if I said I don't have genitals, it's just Facebook dammit!

I've heard of people who practically stalk someones Facebook, find out where they're headed out to that night and purposely go to "bump into them". I know the majority of people don't do this but the fact that it's so easy to do makes it scary to me.

I actually heard a girl say to her friend the other day 'OMG, I put a thing up on my fb about what happened in college the other day and I have already got, like, 41 thanks and I only put it up on Tuesday.'

:(:rolleyes::(

sunflower27

Yourself wrote: »

This thread probably reminded everyone who uses it to log back on haha!

I use it, its great for sharing photos and cheaper way than calls and texts for keeping in touch, its also a less formal way of keeping business contacts open.

WHAT!!!! You use it? Get the hell outta here. Don't you have to go poke someone or something?

hidinginthebush

Captain Chaos wrote: »

hidinginthebush wrote: »

Its a good way to stay in touch with my mates that have upped sticks and left for oz. Its also good for seeing pics mates have from holidays..

There is email, gmail, Skype, Viber and MSN for years that did all that before Facebook. FB is not the be all and end all most people think it is.

Personally couldn't care about people's pics of what they get up to tbh.

There are all those, but tbh most of the alternatives are stand alone, which may do the specific service better, fb does them all quite well in a relatively neat package. I know its not the be all and end all, but it seemed to come along at the right time to get maximum exposure and a huge following, hence its the most convenient medium for staying in touch as most my mates use it.

I guess we'll have to disagree on the second point, but I'm interested in photos of my mates on holidays.

Yourself

sunflower27 wrote: »

WHAT!!!! You use it? Get the hell outta here. Don't you have to go poke someone or something?

I wish, but wouldnt be here of a Friday night if I'd a poke lined up! hahaha

sunflower27

Yourself wrote: »

I wish, but wouldnt be here of a Friday night if I'd a poke lined up! hahaha

Boom boom!!

kerry4sam

I know quite a few who don't use facebook at all. Not everything is going to suit everyone. I also know people who just can't grasp or even like discussion forums like boards. They just can't get their heads around it, and meh! That's just fine imo.

bronte

I know quite a few that don't bother. BF thinks it's the work of the devil and won't touch it....friend of mine is on it but constantly saying they're shutting it down cos it's a pain in the arse. I do use it...not as much as I used to but it's probably the quickest way to get in touch with my brother back home. He's never off the thing. It's also useful for staying in touch with folks who have gone travelling etc. It's not good if it starts to replace spending "actual" time with mates though.

LC2010HIS

I think it was when I saw these "wetser" groups and "shifting" pages pop up that I started hating it. Awful.....
Also, the people who have photo fever... bástards

MysticalRain

Never bothered with it myself. I waste far too much time on the Internet as it is.

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

Love fb. You have way more friends and know a lot more people. Also, if you're ever stuck for something you can just ask on fb. Great for chatting as well, and creeping. With everything it has it's drawbacks, but I wouldn't have been invited to half the parties had fb not existed.

And lol at the people here calling it a waste of time, that's fair enough if you don't use the Internet in your spare time, otherwise it's just hypocritical.

don ramo

and this poor guy hated it but got sucked in




and this guy loves facebook

don ramo

don ramo wrote: »

and this poor guy hated it but got sucked in




and this guy loves facebook

weird i wrapped the pics but they aint showing up

aido 1976

Mrs Aido, has a FB account and the minute she wakes up she is on it on either her on my phone,

She has shown it to me a couple of times (her FB profile..That is ) and I don't really see the appeal. Of a load of wingers moaning on about how ****ty their lives are or thier kid just farted.............. A load of Ball Cox. And herself is friends with my mates on it too.

However her in doors has tried to convince me to set up my own account on FB, and I have taught about it, even typed it into the PC, but can not bring myself to go that little bit more and enter my info...............

All my family are on it, even the ould man and he is 60 odd,

No its not for me, I don't want to broadcast my life to a meaningless bunch of nobodies.

Off now to check FB NOT IN A MILLION YEARS.

Buceph

I'm on Google Plus. I have a facebook account but I don't use it. I realised I couldn't give a **** about most of the people on there, at least not their daily thoughts. I see them a couple of times a year anyway and it's great to catch up then because you actually get to hear what's important. I use Google Plus for a few people I see regularly, but mostly for people I know through the internet. It's nice to see what they think about when they don't structure things for forums. And Google Plus is much easier to organise and use.

don ramo

aido 1976 wrote: »

Of a load of wingers moaning on about how ****ty their lives are

as karl pilkington said tell them to move to mongolia and see how ****ing bad there lives are,

charlemont

Most of my friends don't use Facebook, I'm only on it to catch up with people from my hometown.

aido 1976

Buceph wrote: »

I'm on Google Plus. I have a facebook account but I don't use it. I realised I couldn't give a **** about most of the people on there, at least not their daily thoughts. I see them a couple of times a year anyway and it's great to catch up then because you actually get to hear what's important. I use Google Plus for a few people I see regularly, but mostly for people I know through the internet. It's nice to see what they think about when they don't structure things for forums. And Google Plus is much easier to organise and use.

Google plus, never heard of that is it a FB type thingy

EarlERizer

THFC wrote: »

Love fb. You have way more friends and know a lot more people. Also, if you're ever stuck for something you can just ask on fb. Great for chatting as well, and creeping. With everything it has it's drawbacks, but I wouldn't have been invited to half the parties had fb not existed.

And lol at the people here calling it a waste of time, that's fair enough if you don't use the Internet in your spare time, otherwise it's just hypocritical.

Are you serious? "you have way more friends......." or are you Jedward?

"I wouldn't have been invited to half the parties had fb not existed"

Hint:.... if you were in anyway a 'real' friend or really important to the host you wouldn't have needed a fb invite you'd have been invited in person or at the very least over the phone! ....a farcebook party invite is like an "I'll invite them but hope they don't come" invite

You know the saying "It's quality not quantity that counts" - not just a line used by lesser endowed men :pac:

"Creeping"? now that just sounds like something that an Ex does!

aido 1976

kerry4sam wrote: »

I know quite a few who don't use facebook at all. Not everything is going to suit everyone. I also know people who just can't grasp or even like discussion forums like boards. They just can't get their heads around it, and meh! That's just fine imo.

A little off thread here

Kerry4Sam

Not this year

(on that taught the jackeens will probably throw it away in the dying minutes, like the did last time )

EarlERizer

aido 1976 wrote: »

A little off thread here

Kerry4Sam

Not this year

(on that taught thought the jackeens will probably throw it away in the dying minutes, like they did last time )

Im confused aido are you a Dub with a complex or a redneck living in d'big smoke?

You can almost forgive an ignorant inbred bog warrior using the term,half of them haven't a clue what it means........but a Dub using it :eek: thats as bad a Black people calling each other ****!

p.s. fyp for ya ....... and *Dublin will win on Sunday!*

*I read it on fb*