People Without Facebook Accounts Are Deemed 'Suspicious' -- Forbes

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8. Wait now, wut? Well... um... I might be interested...

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Well... I AM on FB...

I'm not very active... for the reasons so expertly and hilariously stated by TwilightGardener... nevertheless...

I would be interested.

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Part of my issue is my reluctance to use FB for substantive discussions, which even aside from the data-mining can then be viewed by any, say, distant Republican relative that is logged on to wish me happy birthday (although I suppose one could create an alternate account). For the average sheeple who are raised to not speak out about politics since independent thought is intensely unpopular, this is not a problem for them... Admittedly there is a certain degree of publicity in posting on any blog, but not really because everything we say about politics on DU is meant to be a) public and b) pseudonymous or, if we're posting under our name, the equivalent of public comment in a public soiree, I guess. Why can't there be a model for an alternative to FB that is more like traditional online discussion boards and groups. Nevertheless, I would be interested...