I have a confession that might strike you as shocking. Here goes. I’m a thirty-something who doesn’t use Facebook. That might make me sound like a Luddite, but that’s the risk I’m willing to take. I’ve never had an account and don’t plan on having one. Ever. And it’s more complicated to not have one that you might think. I’m asked on a near-weekly basis by friends and acquaintances why I don’t have one.
A friend explained the site to me because she was convinced that I just didn’t know enough about it. After her demonstration, she tried to convince me to sign up. “Nope,” I told her. Then I asked why she wanted me to have an account. “Because it would make it easier for me to keep track of you,” she said. “But we stay in touch,” I replied. “Yeah,” she said. “But what if I wanted to know what you had for dinner?”
Do we really need to know mundane details like those? I’ve looked at the site a couple of times now with friends. I’m surprised by how much people are willing to share from what they did over the weekend to what mood they happen to be in at the moment. Even though I have a blog, I control the content although admittedly I don’t know who might read it. But what about people whose in-laws might read a Facebook posting about a wild n’ crazy weekend with their spouse?
Facebook might be great for lots of people, but it’s not for me.
Jennifer Taylor lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband and Burmese cat. Her website is www.jrtaylorweb.com
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Posted by: Angie Bailey on July 5, 2010 at 8:47 am
I agree completely. I was asked yesterday if I had a Facebook account, which I don’t. I do Twitter and have a small blog but I don’t get too personal. It’s amazing how much some people share online. My cousins out of town do Facebook and put all her of daughter’s new pics on there but I prefer them via email.