[greenyoda]

"To all the people that don't have an account (I'm serious): why don't you?"

1. I've never felt the need to have one. E-mail, phone and face to face meetings are enough for me. My age may have something to do with it: I'm over 50, so I don't have a lot of friends who think that Facebook is an essential part of life - we all survived most of our adult lives without it.

2. I disapprove of Facebook's policies (real name requirements, ever-changing privacy settings, "like" buttons that track people all over the web, etc.) and don't want to support the company in any way.

[bliss]

1. Can't argue of course but use case, for me, is my cousin's daughter's daughter. A long heredity chain I'll confess, but being from an old school large family, that child is the same age as my own. That means that I have a point of contact with a relative that I would not otherwise have. So, thanks facebook, really brilliant meaningful connection I would not otherwise have.

2. I agree.

[skizm]

Both fair points. I guess fb just offers enough value for me that I don't mind the tracking stuff. I definitely agree it is a scumbag move to track people without their knowledge but I think it is just too easy to educate yourself about the tracking that some of the blame (at some point) should shift to the user and not the company.

Just my opinion, I'm not arguing or anything. I can definitely see why people don't like it.