[antics]

I agree that they probably didn't need Facebook, but a generation ago, it would have been an email address that they required, and I would have just used a "junk" account. I'm honestly wondering, for people who don't like Facebook, what is the problem with just having a "junk" Facebook account?

[ntkachov]

Facebook doesn't really like "junk" accounts.

[antics]

And Hotmail et al did?

[middus]

Yes, you could have your 246th email account as [e-mail] without any fuss?!

[veemjeem]

you can still have junk facebook accounts, the sign up process is slightly longer than hotmail's, but not by much. I still have around 15 junk facebook accounts or so... I only remember the passwords for about 3 of them.