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In reply to the discussion: People Without Facebook Accounts Are Deemed 'Suspicious' -- Forbes [View all]TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)4. Interesting. I have never had a FB account. I assume that the
new "maybe there's something wrong with you" stigma of not having an account is to make those of us who have resisted finally give in, under threat of this new form of peer pressure. I just don't want to deal with people I used to know but no longer care about and will never see again. I don't want to have to interact with, and be polite to, my husband's extended family members all the damn time--posting responses and "likes" and acting like I care if someone's cousin's niece is potty trained and likes to help mommy frost Christmas cookies. I never used to have to care about this shit, why do I have to plug into this world now?
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People Without Facebook Accounts Are Deemed 'Suspicious' -- Forbes [View all]
Leopolds Ghost
Nov 2012
OP
The real question is: how much like Facebook is DU, message boards, and offline getting?
Leopolds Ghost
Nov 2012
#2
Agree. I don't share my DU handle with friends for that reason(not that they really care).
Hassin Bin Sober
Nov 2012
#54
Frankly, I feel nothing but scornful pity for those who think this way and reject privacy.
WinkyDink
Nov 2012
#25
Farhad Manjoo is *staggeringly* stupid, though. I invite you to read the comment
Romulox
Nov 2012
#39
Forbes' business subscribers want to make money off your freely provided information
GiaGiovanni
Nov 2012
#48
I had a Facebook account for about three years, but shut it down recently....
OldDem2012
Nov 2012
#52
My neighbor rents her condo out short-term via a bed and breakfast website called Air B&B.
Hassin Bin Sober
Nov 2012
#55