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malaise

(293,184 posts) Wed Jan 8, 2025, 09:01 AM Jan 2025

How many other DUers never joined Facebook? [View all]

I pissed off everyone in the family by refusing to sign up years ago.
Now they all want to leave.
I usually avoid anything that looks too good.

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How many other DUers never joined Facebook? [View all] malaise Jan 2025 OP

NEVER... and, yes some family did not get it... hlthe2b Jan 2025 #1

Also never. MotownPgh Jan 2025 #31

Ditto...n/t the nelm Jan 2025 #89

I joined with dead email and a burner phone and only use it for Marketplace. Social on there is sick. dutch777 Jan 2025 #2

Thank you, i use marketplace sunflowerseed Jan 2025 #64

I've never had any soc media accts. SheltieLover Jan 2025 #3

Ditto malaise Jan 2025 #5

Same here, Malaise SheltieLover Jan 2025 #11

I never saw the need, myself... AZ8theist Jan 2025 #62

Me Emile Jan 2025 #4

I joined to follow 3 groups bucolic_frolic Jan 2025 #6

I'm a never-facebooker. Intractable Jan 2025 #7

Never. Timeflyer Jan 2025 #8

No Facebook, no Twitter/X, no Instagram, no nothing. No desire. Solly Mack Jan 2025 #9

Me the same displacedvermoter Jan 2025 #29

Not my thing mainly. Solly Mack Jan 2025 #42

Me too. Think. Again. Jan 2025 #37

I get a few newsletters/essays/reports. Educational mostly. Solly Mack Jan 2025 #43

I joined to look at photos of a friend in Oregon. House of Roberts Jan 2025 #10

It's not for me. Midnight Writer Jan 2025 #12

Nope. Never did. pdxflyboy Jan 2025 #13

I never joined Facebook. I did join Instagram when my niece's Tanuki Jan 2025 #14

I set up several sm accounts for work, but never use them getagrip_already Jan 2025 #15

I never fancied its terms and conditions Emrys Jan 2025 #16

No Facebook. I use Reddit occasionally. delisen Jan 2025 #17

I'm on here and Reddit superpatriotman Jan 2025 #18

Question BlueKota Jan 2025 #19

I have no idea malaise Jan 2025 #24

That's okay. BlueKota Jan 2025 #26

I was so turned off by the dehumanizing name I never even developed any curiosity about it. eppur_se_muova Jan 2025 #20

I like it... Mike Nelson Jan 2025 #21

Facebook has announced no more MotownPgh Jan 2025 #33

Wasn't even on my radar, Lars39 Jan 2025 #22

Not me SARose Jan 2025 #23

Never La Coliniere Jan 2025 #25

I don't use social media Unladen Swallow Jan 2025 #27

Does it count if I joined years ago, never friended anyone and dropped membership a few months later? nt LAS14 Jan 2025 #28

I never did. I like what privacy I have Vogon_Glory Jan 2025 #30

I made a fake account years ago so my Luciferous Jan 2025 #32

Was on for a month and then canceled. sinkingfeeling Jan 2025 #34

Me. No facebook, twitter/x, anything. niyad Jan 2025 #35

I never have. And never will. Think. Again. Jan 2025 #36

Never bought into any social media stuff. -n/t marked50 Jan 2025 #38

Never joined never will Demnh2fl Jan 2025 #39

Never. murielm99 Jan 2025 #40

Never on FB sop Jan 2025 #41

Never remo ymor Jan 2025 #44

What's a facebook? Mr.Bee Jan 2025 #45

Bwaaaah malaise Jan 2025 #105

Not me (info security) HariSeldon Jan 2025 #46

Never did it; nor twitter/x. My entire exposure is here. NNadir Jan 2025 #47

Never. One of the best (minor) decisions of my life. No regrets. chia Jan 2025 #48

Z wanted my ID to sign back in many years ago. I said nope. Clouds Passing Jan 2025 #49

I usually avoid anything that looks too complicated. surfered Jan 2025 #50

I joined endless summer Jan 2025 #51

I work in advertising SocialDemocrat61 Jan 2025 #52

Oh, I enjoy Facebook very much. I won't be leaving. Oopsie Daisy Jan 2025 #53

I resisted, but two organizations I'm part of use it Mark.b Jan 2025 #91

But you missed the opportunity for sanctimony by not joining! BannonsLiver Jan 2025 #94

You're right. There's always a price to pay and I get to enjoy that privelege. Oopsie Daisy Jan 2025 #96

Raises hand BeyondGeography Jan 2025 #54

Count me as a no Facebook, no Twitter. SamKnause Jan 2025 #55

I joined years ago to follow a situation Ocelot II Jan 2025 #56

Never joined up here.... magicarpet Jan 2025 #57

Nope. Not for me. liberalla Jan 2025 #58

Long ago claudette Jan 2025 #59

I got off it years ago. Beck23 Jan 2025 #60

Never kacekwl Jan 2025 #61

only because my wife thought its a means to connect to friends. cyclezealot1 Jan 2025 #63

Welcome to DU malaise Jan 2025 #73

I avoided it when it was the rage for kids, when it was for seniors and when it is for nazis. usonian Jan 2025 #65

Never joined. Never will. n/t Coventina Jan 2025 #66

Never did. benfranklin1776 Jan 2025 #67

I didn't... 2naSalit Jan 2025 #68

No I never joined. TommieMommy Jan 2025 #69

Did for Rebl2 Jan 2025 #70

This was me as well... k0rs Jan 2025 #80

Me. DU is the only social media I have ever belonged to. Scrivener7 Jan 2025 #71

Didn't piss them off, Dave Id Jan 2025 #72

Never. No 'social media'. Didn't trust boys with tech toys from the beginning. I knew them well. cbabe Jan 2025 #74

Signed up using my dogs info... MiHale Jan 2025 #75

Almost, but when they "needed" a scan of my passport to sign up, that was it. hatrack Jan 2025 #76

Passport?! Excellent stolen identity opportunities. cbabe Jan 2025 #92

That sounds like a scam. Elessar Zappa Jan 2025 #97

This was just a couple of years ago . . . .. hatrack Jan 2025 #99

Joined once. Looked around for 10 minutes. They banned me for a month. Festivito Jan 2025 #77

Social media julmur Jan 2025 #78

I did at one point have a FB account sdfernando Jan 2025 #79

Nope, never did. OldBaldy1701E Jan 2025 #81

Never. Mr Lake is using it to keep up with his large family. LakeArenal Jan 2025 #82

Kinda did. Back in 2010 or so to keep track of teen daughter. haele Jan 2025 #83

Never have joined any social media accounts including FB and Twitter. KY_EnviroGuy Jan 2025 #84

S&M Old Okie Jan 2025 #85

I'm still on but I never login Diraven Jan 2025 #86

Me. n/t area51 Jan 2025 #87

Never did Facebook peggysue2 Jan 2025 #88

I still find FB to be an excellent way to keep in touch with people I met while living abroad. I lived all over the Martin68 Jan 2025 #90

I never really did Facebook. I'm old and out of touch ya know. CTyankee Jan 2025 #93

Never Joined gab13by13 Jan 2025 #95

I created an account under my dog's name Zorro Jan 2025 #98

Nope. When FB was picking up steam, I heard that you could protect your privacy, but ... planetc Jan 2025 #100

Me too Xoan Jan 2025 #101

Mark (no puni ntended) me down as another "Nevah!" GreenWave Jan 2025 #102

Never. Nt spooky3 Jan 2025 #103

Hey you malaise Jan 2025 #104

Hiya buddy! Nt spooky3 Jan 2025 #108

Never did-----never will---- join any social media. northoftheborder Jan 2025 #106

Never. Happy to see the new tribe I wasn't aware I was a member of! fierywoman Jan 2025 #107

Ha malaise Jan 2025 #109

Nope DET Jan 2025 #110

Never been on Facebook, or Twitter or anything else. DU is as close as I get to social media. rsdsharp Jan 2025 #111

I never joined Facebook. I saw it as a Trojan Horse. Personal data was NEVER going to be private. SupportSanity Jan 2025 #112

came out of old my space because everyone was migrating there . said good by a few years ago . AllaN01Bear Jan 2025 #113

Twitter, Tweet, Facebook, Myface, I B.See Jan 2025 #114