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Facebook Abstainers Could Be Labeled Suspicious

Posted by samzenpus on from the why-are-you-different? dept.

bs0d3 writes "According to this article printed in tagesspiegel.de, not having a Facebook account could be the first sign that you are a mass murderer.(German) As examples they use Norwegian shooter Anders Breivik, who used MySpace instead of Facebook and the newer Aurora shooter who used adultfriendfinder instead of Facebook. They already consider those with Facebook accounts, who lack friends to be suspicious, but now they are suggesting that anyone who abstains from Facebook altogether may be even more suspicious."

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  1. No-one should put their true real-world there by ron_ivi · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I thought most parents teach their kids "don't give your personal info to strangers".

    Remember, Zuckerberg's a stranger to your kids no matter how many free things (services) he offers them, just as much as some guy offering free candy from an unmarked van.

  2. Sociopathy by stevegee58 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I get funny looks all the time when I say I know all about FacePlace and consciously refuse to join.
    My sister worked on me for months (we're both "old") to join before I finally got testy and told her under no circumstances would I join. I think she thought I just didn't understand it and just needed to be shown how wonderful it was. She was genuinely hurt by my reaction.
    It's like belonging to a religion in many ways. True believers have trouble understanding how others don't share their beliefs; clearly they just need the right explanation to bring them around.