Is There Something Wrong With People Who Do Not Use Facebook?
Fri Feb 28, 2014 9:10 am
#57765- RickMember
This question stems from me being in a meeting with some people and someone saying they would post it to face book, when I replied they can email it to me as I do not have a facebook they said that was odd who does not have face book, to which a number of other people in the room nodded or voiced something similar. So I thought I would do a little search to see how prevalent non facebook use was and this article interested me more.
I have never had any social networking site. I also almost always block everyone on steam unless I am gaming with them.
Article
Recent news stories have suggested that employers may be reluctant to hire people without a Facebook profile on the grounds that Facebook usage has become so common that not having an account is seen as somehow abnormal. This concern appears to have been compounded by a lurid report in a German newspaper that alleged mass killers James Holmes and Anders Behring Breivik did not have Facebook accounts, leading to the rather hysterical conclusion that not having an account “could be the first sign that you are a mass murderer.”
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Is there any substance to these concerns? Research suggests that although not having a Facebook account might be unusual nowadays it is hardly cause for alarm. Indeed, the fact that someone has an account is hardly a credential of mental health either, and may be associated with its own problems, admittedly minor ones.
An Australian study examined personality differences between people with and without Facebook accounts (Ryan & Xenos, 2011). People with an account were found to be more extraverted and narcissistic, whereas those without an account were found to be more conscientious and shyer. They found that those without an account experienced more social loneliness, but those with an account experienced more family loneliness. They also looked at time spent on Facebook per day among users and found time spent was positively correlated with neuroticism and loneliness and negatively correlated with conscientiousness. All of these effects tended to be small. These findings seem comparable to those of a study comparing users of Facebook and Twitter respectively which found that people who preferred Facebook tended to be more extraverted and sociable compared to Twitter users, but also more neurotic and less intellectually oriented (Hughes, Rowe, Batey, & Lee, 2012)
What might this suggest to a potential employer concerned about whether an applicant has a Facebook account or not? On the one hand those who have an account will tend to be more outgoing and less shy, which would be important in jobs involving a great deal of face-to-face interaction. On the other hand, those who do not have an account tend to be higher in conscientiousness, suggesting they are more likely to be hard working, persevering and achievement oriented. In fact, conscientiousness has been found to be one of the strongest personality predictors of job performance across all professions. Furthermore, the more time a day a person spends on Facebook, the less time they are doing actual work and the more time they are likely to be whining about their personal problems. People who do not have a Facebook account also tend to be somewhat less narcissistic, that is, less egotistical and exhibitionistic. Employers concerned about someone not being on Facebook might instead want to consider the desirability of hiring applicants who think that “everything is about me” and who lack a strong work ethic. Narcissism is also a member of what personality psychologists call “the dark triad” of personality, along with such antisocial characteristics as psychopathy and Machiavellianism (Jakobwitz & Egan, 2006). Although there is no evidence that Facebook usage has anything at all to do either way with being a homicidal maniac, the fact that narcissism has a known relationship with antisocial traits would seem to suggest that people who do not have Facebook accounts are actually less likely to commit atrocities. All of these considerations should of course be tempered by the fact that all of the effects reported by these research studies have been small in size. So, looking at things scientifically, knowing that someone does or does not have a Facebook account is not likely to be a strong indicator of the character of the person, and is hardly cause for panic either way.
Personally, I think a more worrying trend than people not having Facebook accounts is revealed by cases of employers in the U.S. demanding that job applicants hand over their Facebook passwords or “friend” their bosses so that the latter can snoop on them. Perhaps, all this hysteria about some people not having accounts is really a cloak to justify an increasing invasion of privacy. Surely, trying to stigmatise or marginalise people who choose not to conform to popular social trends and demanding access to people’s private communications are hardly compatible with the values of liberal democracy.
References
Hughes, D. J., Rowe, M., Batey, M., & Lee, A. (2012). A tale of two sites: Twitter vs. Facebook and the personality predictors of social media usage. Computers in Human Behavior, 28 (2), 561-569 DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2011.11.001
Jakobwitz, S., & Egan, V. (2006). The dark triad and normal personality traits. Personality and Individual Differences, 40 (2), 331-339 DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2005.07.006
Ryan, T., & Xenos, S. (2011). Who uses Facebook? An investigation into the relationship between the Big Five, shyness, narcissism, loneliness, and Facebook usage. Computers in Human Behavior, 27 (5), 1658-1664 DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2011.02.004
I have never had any social networking site. I also almost always block everyone on steam unless I am gaming with them.
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Recent news stories have suggested that employers may be reluctant to hire people without a Facebook profile on the grounds that Facebook usage has become so common that not having an account is seen as somehow abnormal. This concern appears to have been compounded by a lurid report in a German newspaper that alleged mass killers James Holmes and Anders Behring Breivik did not have Facebook accounts, leading to the rather hysterical conclusion that not having an account “could be the first sign that you are a mass murderer.”
Related Articles
Is there any substance to these concerns? Research suggests that although not having a Facebook account might be unusual nowadays it is hardly cause for alarm. Indeed, the fact that someone has an account is hardly a credential of mental health either, and may be associated with its own problems, admittedly minor ones.
An Australian study examined personality differences between people with and without Facebook accounts (Ryan & Xenos, 2011). People with an account were found to be more extraverted and narcissistic, whereas those without an account were found to be more conscientious and shyer. They found that those without an account experienced more social loneliness, but those with an account experienced more family loneliness. They also looked at time spent on Facebook per day among users and found time spent was positively correlated with neuroticism and loneliness and negatively correlated with conscientiousness. All of these effects tended to be small. These findings seem comparable to those of a study comparing users of Facebook and Twitter respectively which found that people who preferred Facebook tended to be more extraverted and sociable compared to Twitter users, but also more neurotic and less intellectually oriented (Hughes, Rowe, Batey, & Lee, 2012)
What might this suggest to a potential employer concerned about whether an applicant has a Facebook account or not? On the one hand those who have an account will tend to be more outgoing and less shy, which would be important in jobs involving a great deal of face-to-face interaction. On the other hand, those who do not have an account tend to be higher in conscientiousness, suggesting they are more likely to be hard working, persevering and achievement oriented. In fact, conscientiousness has been found to be one of the strongest personality predictors of job performance across all professions. Furthermore, the more time a day a person spends on Facebook, the less time they are doing actual work and the more time they are likely to be whining about their personal problems. People who do not have a Facebook account also tend to be somewhat less narcissistic, that is, less egotistical and exhibitionistic. Employers concerned about someone not being on Facebook might instead want to consider the desirability of hiring applicants who think that “everything is about me” and who lack a strong work ethic. Narcissism is also a member of what personality psychologists call “the dark triad” of personality, along with such antisocial characteristics as psychopathy and Machiavellianism (Jakobwitz & Egan, 2006). Although there is no evidence that Facebook usage has anything at all to do either way with being a homicidal maniac, the fact that narcissism has a known relationship with antisocial traits would seem to suggest that people who do not have Facebook accounts are actually less likely to commit atrocities. All of these considerations should of course be tempered by the fact that all of the effects reported by these research studies have been small in size. So, looking at things scientifically, knowing that someone does or does not have a Facebook account is not likely to be a strong indicator of the character of the person, and is hardly cause for panic either way.
Personally, I think a more worrying trend than people not having Facebook accounts is revealed by cases of employers in the U.S. demanding that job applicants hand over their Facebook passwords or “friend” their bosses so that the latter can snoop on them. Perhaps, all this hysteria about some people not having accounts is really a cloak to justify an increasing invasion of privacy. Surely, trying to stigmatise or marginalise people who choose not to conform to popular social trends and demanding access to people’s private communications are hardly compatible with the values of liberal democracy.
References
Hughes, D. J., Rowe, M., Batey, M., & Lee, A. (2012). A tale of two sites: Twitter vs. Facebook and the personality predictors of social media usage. Computers in Human Behavior, 28 (2), 561-569 DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2011.11.001
Jakobwitz, S., & Egan, V. (2006). The dark triad and normal personality traits. Personality and Individual Differences, 40 (2), 331-339 DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2005.07.006
Ryan, T., & Xenos, S. (2011). Who uses Facebook? An investigation into the relationship between the Big Five, shyness, narcissism, loneliness, and Facebook usage. Computers in Human Behavior, 27 (5), 1658-1664 DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2011.02.004
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Fri Feb 28, 2014 9:13 am
#57766- ChisaGod Of Boobs
- Location : Boston, MA
I loathe that people could be "guilted" into using Facebook (aka social tracking) by employers. Facebook is a piece of shit, but I use to to crack jokes and talk trash. That's it. I find nothing valuable about it, and often border on shutting my account down.
There's nothing wrong with people embracing privacy, in fact, I'd consider those people to have more potential, seeing as how they see the big picture.
There's nothing wrong with people embracing privacy, in fact, I'd consider those people to have more potential, seeing as how they see the big picture.
Fri Feb 28, 2014 9:31 am
#57774- hiph0pan0tamusBUNKDRUNK
- Location : In my own little world
I've never used facebook. Made one so I could talk in the mlg streams on twitch. We have something in common!
I don't care about my friends lives 24/7, don't care about some picture you took while walking down the street. I'll call you if I want to get caught up on what you've been doing.
I don't care about my friends lives 24/7, don't care about some picture you took while walking down the street. I'll call you if I want to get caught up on what you've been doing.
Fri Feb 28, 2014 9:39 am
#57775- AlphaI like Pink
I closed mine 18 months ago and couldn't be happier. It put me in a bad mood, I wanted to bitch at everyone posting anything stupid (whiny stupid, not funny stupid), emotional, religious, fund raisers, etc.
Erased it for multiple reasons.
* Can't be looked up.
* I HATE people knowing where I am and what I'm doing. That question is a peeve, when someone calls and says what are you doing, who's there. So when it went full public making friends of friends of friends being able to see my post or comments, that was too much.
*Realized I don't give a fk about anyone's lives. Didn't care about bdays, kids parties, graduations, sick pets, your raise at work, how you saw a stick, the cheese on your burger that looked like Jesus. When 95% of comment withheld was 'why post this' .. it was time to go
* Women/ Adultery
WAAAAYYYYY to easy to chit chat in the dark and end up in a dirty conversation. Don't trust women, don't trust myself. Remove the threat. Couldn't tell you how many meet ups resulted from a public safe FB comment that a female responded to which further lead to wrestling.
But then there was our group. Who talked shit to each other all day and destroyed everything posted with nonsense. GF said, way back, anything you post I know 4-5 people who are going to make fun of you. lol
Erased it for multiple reasons.
* Can't be looked up.
* I HATE people knowing where I am and what I'm doing. That question is a peeve, when someone calls and says what are you doing, who's there. So when it went full public making friends of friends of friends being able to see my post or comments, that was too much.
*Realized I don't give a fk about anyone's lives. Didn't care about bdays, kids parties, graduations, sick pets, your raise at work, how you saw a stick, the cheese on your burger that looked like Jesus. When 95% of comment withheld was 'why post this' .. it was time to go
* Women/ Adultery
WAAAAYYYYY to easy to chit chat in the dark and end up in a dirty conversation. Don't trust women, don't trust myself. Remove the threat. Couldn't tell you how many meet ups resulted from a public safe FB comment that a female responded to which further lead to wrestling.
But then there was our group. Who talked shit to each other all day and destroyed everything posted with nonsense. GF said, way back, anything you post I know 4-5 people who are going to make fun of you. lol
Fri Feb 28, 2014 9:42 am
#57777- hiph0pan0tamusBUNKDRUNK
- Location : In my own little world
Fri Feb 28, 2014 5:28 pm
#57829- goh13Member
Being friends with people you do not like is the saddest there is. Sadly, FB forces that we friend and poke and god knows what to each other that you start to hate your life. Either you get too envious or too arrogant.
Facebook kills friends, IMO. Not in all cases, mind you, but it happens more often since FB was made. Plus, FB has zero privacy. People can know everything about you WITHOUT you saying anything or posting on your wall. And that, to me, is simply scary.
Never mind that your info is sold to third parties which is very common for Facebook.
Facebook kills friends, IMO. Not in all cases, mind you, but it happens more often since FB was made. Plus, FB has zero privacy. People can know everything about you WITHOUT you saying anything or posting on your wall. And that, to me, is simply scary.
Never mind that your info is sold to third parties which is very common for Facebook.
Fri Feb 28, 2014 6:11 pm
#57831- zcsmanMember
- Location : Massachusetts
Using Facebook less and less these days. My generation has moved to Twitter.
Fri Feb 28, 2014 6:16 pm
#57832- AlphaI like Pink
Twitter is for people with democrat IQ. You ever really stop and look at how stupid people come across talking #fcktard @gaycrap #hashbrowns
Fri Feb 28, 2014 6:21 pm
#57836- zcsmanMember
- Location : Massachusetts
There are some stupid people on Twitter lol.
Fri Feb 28, 2014 6:34 pm
#57839- KerzoR9
- Location : Scotland
zcsman wrote:Using Facebook less and less these days. My generation has moved to Twitter.
You're generation are twats lol!
Fri Feb 28, 2014 8:10 pm
#57842- SyndromeAdmin
- Location : Ohio, USA
My facebook barely sees time. I may just delete it. I have it to get back in touch with old friends from High School or whatever. Wont ever happen, but ya never know. Rarely ever use it. Might look at it when im dead bored 1 time a week.
Twitter on the other hand. I use it for my youtube channel. And of course... a little bit of my own personal needs.
Screenshot of TweetDeck (A Chrome extension). Customized the far right 2 columns with "@MirrorPhotos" & "@iLiketattsdaily". Those accounts spam nudes of some sexy ladies. Had to find some non-nudes for that screeny below lmao.
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Twitter on the other hand. I use it for my youtube channel. And of course... a little bit of my own personal needs.
Screenshot of TweetDeck (A Chrome extension). Customized the far right 2 columns with "@MirrorPhotos" & "@iLiketattsdaily". Those accounts spam nudes of some sexy ladies. Had to find some non-nudes for that screeny below lmao.
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Fri Feb 28, 2014 8:24 pm
#57849- KerzoR9
- Location : Scotland
I deleted mines over 2 years ago. All that's posted is attention seeking garbage and down right lies. No more no less.
Fri Feb 28, 2014 9:32 pm
#57853- AlphaI like Pink
You can post nudes on twitter?
I got circle jerked by a link about Nate Diaz asking to be released by UFC, which MMAroast retweeted, which War Machine retweeted, which took me to some girl on his page named Krissy... nothing but nudes all over her page. She looks like a porn star.
I got circle jerked by a link about Nate Diaz asking to be released by UFC, which MMAroast retweeted, which War Machine retweeted, which took me to some girl on his page named Krissy... nothing but nudes all over her page. She looks like a porn star.
Fri Feb 28, 2014 10:16 pm
#57854- lilaclegendMember
- Location : not where i want to be
i don't think facebook usage or non usage should be any basis to judge people upon.
i use it and make posts sometimes. sure i don't like the people who feel the need to post pics/updates every hour.. but i tend to just take them off my notifications.
i don't think not having a facebook page makes you deviant in anyway. it is very bizarre to even suggest it. maybe people who don't have it actually have real life friends.. so probably makes them more stable.
i use it and make posts sometimes. sure i don't like the people who feel the need to post pics/updates every hour.. but i tend to just take them off my notifications.
i don't think not having a facebook page makes you deviant in anyway. it is very bizarre to even suggest it. maybe people who don't have it actually have real life friends.. so probably makes them more stable.
Fri Feb 28, 2014 11:17 pm
#57857- ChisaGod Of Boobs
- Location : Boston, MA
Twitter is filled with naked photos....I'm following multiple sites about tits, porn stars, and naked chive girls
Tits everywhere
Tits everywhere
Sat Mar 01, 2014 9:21 am
#57860There is nothing wrong with having or not having a Facebook. I use it to stay in contact with old friends and family that do not live close to me. Sure you could say call them.. but this is a lot easier. Also, I'm not one of those people that post updates or comments every single hour.
However, I will never give my facebook password or profile to my employers. You can fire me first.It's personal and the only information I have about me on there is my name and birthday.. because it's required.
However, I will never give my facebook password or profile to my employers. You can fire me first.It's personal and the only information I have about me on there is my name and birthday.. because it's required.
Sat Mar 01, 2014 9:50 am
#57862- AlphaI like Pink
I used to use that line 'its to keep up with old friends' but I realized when I grew up and didn't keep in touch, its because I didn't give 2 shits what they were doing. Even if I see them in town, its hey whats been up, where ya working, how the kids, ok see you in 5 yrs. Then carry on and not think about them again.
Its main purpose was to get laid and piss people off by spamming their updates with nonsense.
Its main purpose was to get laid and piss people off by spamming their updates with nonsense.
Sat Mar 01, 2014 11:01 am
#57864Alpha wrote:I used to use that line 'its to keep up with old friends' but I realized when I grew up and didn't keep in touch, its because I didn't give 2 shits what they were doing
Ehh see it's different for me. I like seeing how all of my friends are doing and I still keep in touch when I can.. but lives get busy. Also, I love to see how my cousins are growing up and what they look like and what not.. as I don't get the chance to go see them often because they live so far away.
Sat Mar 01, 2014 1:13 pm
#57865- AlphaI like Pink
I can see that being useful.
I have 18 combined aunt/uncles and only 2 live outside this city. We see each other every couple months for holidays.
I have 18 combined aunt/uncles and only 2 live outside this city. We see each other every couple months for holidays.
Sat Mar 01, 2014 7:11 pm
#57867- The CD PlayerBurn Trees
- Location : swimmin w/ the fishies
i've used it less and less for communication over the years and more for keeping tabs on concerts, and specials for restaurants or events. that being said it's great for the latter since pretty much every business has a fb now
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