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For years people have given me the blinking stare of unbelief when I tell them I’ve never had a Facebook. Now being absent on that platform and others is seen as suspicious. I got a buddy who couldn’t complete a job application because Facebook was a mandatory field in the electronic form. The border Gestapo and the State Department require your socials for visa applications. A friend told me that she wouldn’t date a guy without socials because she browses them as a kind of background check.

Fuck Meta.

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Honytawk@feddit.nl ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Most of those are indeed bullshit since authorities have better platforms and businesses don’t need to know your private info.

But women doing background checks to see what kind of men they are dating on the only platforms they have access to is just security. You can even leave your accounts info fully locked except for friends.

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- MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  No, it’s quite healthy to each having their private account they don’t share with their partner. Guess what the reverse is.
  
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  - TrickDacy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Huh
    
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    Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    I don’t follow either. It looks like they’re talking about couples making joint Facebook accounts, which is a complete non-sequitur from all the comments before it.
    
    It seems a lot of people understand something that we’re missing. Would anyone that understands the connection mind providing some clarification?
    
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AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Apparently you’re a modern horror story.

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Korne127@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
That’s a generational thing. 99% of my friends and people of my age I know have never had Facebook. ~~Instagram, however…~~

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- Necroscope0@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Too old or too young?
  
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  - Korne127@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Too young. Most facebook users are actually boomers nowadays.
    
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brachiosaurus@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

For years people have given me the blinking stare of unbelief when I tell them I’ve never had a Facebook.

The same people who two decades ago would have look at you sideways for using internet to talk with strangers. These idiots always conform to what is popular.

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Bloomcole@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Same, I always assume the worst with big companies and/or data.
They were always scummy.
Never gave my name or info, never been on social platforms unless there was a good reason to be on them.

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