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Who here does not have a facebook and why?

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  • #32
    endacl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,443 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    MadDog76 wrote: »
    I'm not on Facebook and never have been ........ for a few reasons, the main one being I've never heard of a good reason to need to use it???

    Ah. An internet utilitarian!

    I had a fb page, op. Shut it down about two years ago. Why? Pick any reason. They're all valid. Mostly because of huge torrent of trivial, followed by the flood of just plain wrong, that arrived in my newsfeed every day. I'm busy. I don't have the time that that much trivial and wrong demands every day.


  • #33
    Littlekittylou
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,357 ✭✭✭Littlekittylou


    J Mysterio wrote: »
    The only thing I occasionaly miss is perving on hot girls.


    I perv on hot girls too! They never guess!


  • #34
    Littlekittylou
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,357 ✭✭✭Littlekittylou


    sugarman wrote: »
    Because I dont want see a bunch of possers/attention whores, people who post pics of their food, check in every place they go, post pics of their ugly snot nosed kids.. etc etc..


    You mean your friends? ;)


  • #35
    J Mysterio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 12,445 ✭✭✭✭J Mysterio


    Send me the good stuff.


  • #36
    One eyed Jack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,439 ✭✭✭✭One eyed Jack


    Littlekittylou wrote: »
    Hi.



    I have been trying to use mine less recently.


    I was a bit of a FB whore. I was just wondering how many people don't have one.

    If you had one how do you find not having one?

    Do you find you are out of the loop?

    Do you look on us FBers with scorn now?


    I took an instant dislike to it when I first encountered it around 2007, thereabouts? I just couldn't get my head around the whole thing of what was back then more like an online scrapbook format kind of thing than the social media behemoth it's become today. Even back then when the communities were smaller, I just didn't like the idea of "another bebo" (never liked that idea either).

    Do I find I'm out of the loop? Well, yes and no, I had no idea what the consternation about makeup selfies was about, neknominations, ice bucket challenges, or whatever else (Kony? Kony who? :pac:). There isn't really much of a loop to get into as really my life isn't all that exciting that I have anything going on that I think might be of interest to anyone else, and I look like a gimp in photos so I'd have one very empty profile, probably full of dinner pictures or something.

    I know Facebook has a virtual fcukton of other features all in one place - calendars, videos, communication tools, promotional tools for business, etc, but I can do all that stuff from my phone already. I get the information I want, when I want it, and I don't feel like I have to talk to people when I don't want to or inform all ten friends at the same time that I'm in such and such a place right now or whatever. My mother used want to know where I was every minute of the day when I was a child, I'm hardly going to be enabling such behaviour when I'm now an adult?

    I don't at all look on FBers with scorn, moreso with envy actually that they can deal with the information overload and the constant updates and so on, I think it's actually a social aptitude in itself that you either have, or in my case - I haven't. I see my friends facebooking, googling, instagramming, tumblring, etc, etc, and I just cannot fathom how they keep up with everything, they make it look effortless, and they know eeeeverything! :pac:

    Me, I'm quite content not knowing everything, just knowing what I need to know, when I need to know it :o


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  • #37
    Littlekittylou
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,357 ✭✭✭Littlekittylou


    J Mysterio wrote: »
    Send me the good stuff.
    No!:D


  • #38
    anncoates
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    You've really tapped into what makes AH tick for such a new poster, OP.


  • #39
    Cantona's Collars
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,709 ✭✭✭✭Cantona's Collars


    Never bothered with it,even less inclined now as the missus reads me some of the stupid stuff on it,it's as if some people believe Facebook is the internet and are too lazy to even use google.


  • #40
    J Mysterio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 12,445 ✭✭✭✭J Mysterio


    anncoates wrote: »
    You've really tapped into what makes AH tick for such a new poster, OP.

    Great contribution.


  • #41
    Littlekittylou
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,357 ✭✭✭Littlekittylou


    Deleted User wrote: »
    I used to use Facebook. Great for keeping up with family away. But then I stopped because I had to wade through tons of the "you will be amazed what happened next" articles and "watch this baby elephant sneeze" videos to see maybe one photo that interested me.

    No matter how many people I deleted or times I said I don't want to see posts like this they were still there

    Now I ring and email.


    I used to love writing long emails. And you can reply when is convenient to you.



    Plus I made one of the best friends I have ever had through starting the writing of emails to one another.

    She and I are soul mates.

    I know that sounds ridiculous but I feel so close to her.

    I HATE phones. I don't know why. There is only one person I really enjoyed talking to on the phone. And it costs. And I have to do 'phone voice'.


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  • #42
    Simonigs1.0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 706 ✭✭✭Simonigs1.0


    Waterford whispers


  • #43
    Littlekittylou
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,357 ✭✭✭Littlekittylou


    anncoates wrote: »
    You've really tapped into what makes AH tick for such a new poster, OP.


    I have had many previous forms. All of them benign. Not a nasty re reg I just like to move on these days. :)


  • #44
    Littlekittylou
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,357 ✭✭✭Littlekittylou


    Simonigs1.0 wrote: »
    Waterford whispers


    I think once you read the Onion you feel let down!


  • #45
    anncoates
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    J Mysterio wrote: »
    Great contribution.

    Thanks. I was worried for a minute there.


  • #46
    Littlekittylou
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,357 ✭✭✭Littlekittylou


    J Mysterio wrote: »
    Great contribution.


    I feel grateful for all contributions.


    *grits teeth* even yours!


  • #47
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    tastyt wrote: »
    But your considered a social weirdo, it's now worse in Ireland to say your not on Facebook than to say your not drinking. Immediate suspicion!!

    Nah.

    These days lots of people are moving away from it.

    But if you're not on Ello then WHAT THE F*CK DUDE???????


  • #48
    pharmaton
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,192 ✭✭✭pharmaton


    no fb here. I deactivated first about two years ago although was never a big user. I stayed mainly for family and that was ok but the rest just never seemed to click. I watched people who I knew to be something other than the personality they portrayed in real life and tired of the false sense of familiarity, friendship and fun being displayed on a daily basis. Facebook presented what I considered an era of passive aggressive behaviour and I suppose I decided best off without it. Despite all its flaws I have always preferred the likes of message boards and have blogged a little bit (although rarely published) for cathartic purposes, but facebook is just not for me.

    (in terms of keeping out of the loop, when I was in college last year, facebook was practically a necessity and if you weren't on it, you weren't kept in the loop, that's where all the gossip happened, the horrible parts were acted out and the loss of liberty occurred. deep I know, but it was all bad and I'm glad it's over. and really,there are just some people I'm quite happy to never have to see ever again!)


  • #49
    J Mysterio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 12,445 ✭✭✭✭J Mysterio


    Well put Pharmaton.


  • #50
    Mr_Muffin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 917 ✭✭✭Mr_Muffin


    I am really really ugly and i know it to well.

    I don't think people would like to look at my face on Facebook so i never joined. It seems like a good tool though.


  • #51
    tastyt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,107 ✭✭✭tastyt


    Do people think in 20 years Wel all be like " Jesus Ya remember that Facebook thing " cringe??


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  • #52
    Littlekittylou
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,357 ✭✭✭Littlekittylou


    pharmaton wrote: »
    no fb here. I deactivated first about two years ago although was never a big user. I stayed mainly for family and that was ok but the rest just never seemed to click. I watched people who I knew to be something other than the personality they portrayed in real life and tired of the false sense of familiarity, friendship and fun being displayed on a daily basis. Facebook presented what I considered an era of passive aggressive behaviour and I suppose I decided best off without it. Despite all its flaws I have always preferred the likes of message boards and have blogged a little bit (although rarely published) for cathartic purposes, but facebook is just not for me.

    (in terms of keeping out of the loop, when I was in college last year, facebook was practically a necessity and if you weren't on it, you weren't kept in the loop, that's where all the gossip happened, the horrible parts were acted out and the loss of liberty occurred. deep I know, but it was all bad and I'm glad it's over.)


    This aspect of it has fascinated me. I have often asked RL friends if I come across as terribly different. The general consensus is a little but not much.

    I am a little more introverted/shy but genuine, it takes a little of getting to know me really, most of the FB friends I have actually are very similar in RL to FB. I think that's a good thing. I am much more socially brave online. But not nasty or anything.
    I don't gossip much or what have you. That stuff goes over my head to be honest. And my attention moves like a shark.


  • #53
    Venus In Furs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,028 ✭✭✭Venus In Furs


    I'm on Facebook since 2007. I post the odd light-hearted status now and again, and songs/links. Photographs extremely occasionally. No biggie if people aren't on Facebook.
    I think some people can be a bit defensive about the fact they aren't on it when it's not big deal.

    And certainly not everyone who's on Facebook posts about every detail of their lives.


  • #54
    Littlekittylou
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,357 ✭✭✭Littlekittylou


    Mr_Muffin wrote: »
    I am really really ugly and i know it to well.

    I don't think people would like to look at my face on Facebook so i never joined. It seems like a good tool though.


    So your business cards are a lie sir!

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=93229335


  • #55
    seenitall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,766 ✭✭✭seenitall


    Never registered on Facebook and never will, the same goes for MySpace, bebo, Twitter, Instagram, WAYN or any of the other similar networks that have existed or are yet to come into being, out there.

    I've just no interest in it, little kitty. I'm way too self-absorbed to take any interest in reading mindless trivia or looking at other people's photos, or displaying my own for their consumption/envy/judgment. Also, very private, too.

    boards.ie is the only interwebz space that has captured the privilege of my, intermittent but enduring, presence. :pac: Why, though, is a question for another thread! :)


  • #56
    force eleven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,039 ✭✭✭force eleven


    I use one to get lives for Bubble Witch. No other purpose.


  • #57
    porsche959
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,499 ✭✭✭porsche959


    tastyt wrote: »
    I'm not on it. Just too lazy really. Never set one up, then saw how it got my mates in trouble with drunken messages to the ladies so steered clear as I definitely would have ****ed up.

    They have the Tinder for that now. It's the new thing now.


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