I have FB but am never on it. If it wasn't for Candy Crush, I probably wouldn't be on it at all. I maybe catch up on posts once a month and rarely if ever comment on anything.
But I do have a cell phone and do text.
I also have a land line for our security system and our fax machine.
Post by delawarejen on Apr 19, 2014 8:01:41 GMT -5
The entire reason I joined FB was for baby pictures after my nephew was born.
I took a break for a few months once, then ran into people in person. People looked at me strangely when I asked them how they were, because they just assumed I knew all their business (job loss, interviews, relationships ending, moving, etc.)
Post by wildfloweragain on Apr 19, 2014 8:22:34 GMT -5
I have a fb account but I don't post. Its mainly to keep up with my nephews. I also don't have many "friends." I'm just not into it and the drama that goes with it. I still send out snapfish updates quartlerly.
Post by Norticprincess on Apr 19, 2014 9:19:27 GMT -5
My MIL is not on FB. I think that will change if she gets grandkids. For now I just have the photo share website set to email her when I upload trip photos, BIL has one he never checks, but SIL is on so he is in the loop.
On my side, the ones that are not on Facebook are on the family message board (in existence back before AOL was popular, it has changed formats multiple times) One aunt feels like she is invading our privacy if she looks at FB photos - wouldn't have them unlocked for you to see if they weren't ok.
We still have a landish line? It is vonage, still need the cable modem to be on. It is just the number I put on stuff that needs to contact me, but I don't want to be bothered with - the voicemail is forwarded to my email. Debating dropping it and just using google voice.
Post by sporklemotion on Apr 19, 2014 9:51:50 GMT -5
Yup. I sent an e-mail (with pictures) to one of my best friends after E was born. I did this before putting it on FB. I got a phone call from her a week or so later after her sister, who is a FB friend of mine, told her I had the baby. She wanted to know when I was going to tell her. She hadn't checked her e-mail. I don't know about other folks, but the last thing I could do when E was first born was talk on the phone. I was up all night and had a baby attached to me 24/7. Said baby was prone to screaming at unpredictable times. Email, social media and texting were my only forms of communication for weeks. My husband is not on FB, so I am sympathetic to people who aren't. But he doesn't get mad about missing out on major life announcements (or hearing about them through me).
Post by irishbride2 on Apr 19, 2014 10:00:56 GMT -5
I will never give up my landline. I like having a house phone that is not a personal cell. It would feel weird to have DDs friends calle my cell in a few years. They can call the house. I'm an introvert and hate talking on the phone. So I save my cell for only Peoole I want to talk to . Everyone else I can screen on the land line and call back later. Calling my cell just seems personal.
Yes, I have two close friends who are not on FB or Twitter. They both have private blogs they update for their families, and I GChat with one every day, but the other just moved out of state and is bad about ignoring emails and texts, so who knows where that will go. I, on the other hand, almost prefer most of my interaction with my family to be via social media.
But anyway...smug is the word I was searching for. And yeah, again, ew.
This thread is interesting, though. It forces me to think about how effing fasssst times are changing. Whenever people discuss landline vs. mobile. Online banking vs. Walk in. Text/email. Etc, I get a feeling of "OMG!!!! TECHNOLOGYYYY!!!" I just can't believe my kids are growing up SO differently than I did. Wasn't I just in college? Wasn't I just rooming with five other girls and one phone in the suite???
I have a couple of good friends who aren't on social media. They aren't annoying about it, though. They just ask what's happened lately when we text or talk.
My MIL is not on FB. I think that will change if she gets grandkids. For now I just have the photo share website set to email her when I upload trip photos, BIL has one he never checks, but SIL is on so he is in the loop.
What photo sharing site is this?
Just shutterfly pages- we made her a member of the page so it emails when there are new photos.
I love that texts have become the new "old-fashioned" thing. In my day when we had big news, we sent a text! Not this social media hogwash! ::waves cane::
I'm that person. BUT I don't expect people to send me emails to let me know what's going on in their life. Nor do I get upset if I miss out on things.
That's right, I don't have the Facebook.
This is me, too. I will periodically send emails out to those that I'm thinking about and ask for life updates. I don't get upset if I don't get them, though. I know that it's not typical to not be on Facebook, and I don't think I'm special enough for people to say, "I'm posting this awesome thing on Facebook, but I know babyaustin725 isn't on here, so I better send her a email."
Post by marylennox on Apr 19, 2014 14:36:34 GMT -5
I had Facebook for a long time and got rid of it last year. I don't feel smug about it, or like I'm missing anything, or expect people to remember I don't have it and give me special updates.
When I was on fb I had a few friends who weren't, but it never occurred to me to be annoyed about it. Some people just aren't into it. Nbd.
our outdated alarm system needs an landline, which is the only reason we have one. and it's fiber optic, not a real landline. and yes, it's cheaper as part of our cable/internet package, too.
I have Facebook but I never post and rarely look at it. I'm not offended if I'm not told something personally.
If you don't have a landline does that mean you have to give your kids cell phones at 10? (Age when they can stay alone?) because that's the primary reason I'm keeping mine.
I have Facebook but I never post and rarely look at it. I'm not offended if I'm not told something personally.
If you don't have a landline does that mean you have to give your kids cell phones at 10? (Age when they can stay alone?) because that's the primary reason I'm keeping mine.
I do have a landline, but I don't think my future 10 year old having a cell phone is out of the question.
H and I aren't on Facebook. But as others have stated, I don't expect to be personally updated. It's a choice I make to not use Facebook, I know the consequences and benefits of that choice.
I have Facebook but I never post and rarely look at it. I'm not offended if I'm not told something personally.
If you don't have a landline does that mean you have to give your kids cell phones at 10? (Age when they can stay alone?) because that's the primary reason I'm keeping mine.
I do have a landline, but I don't think my future 10 year old having a cell phone is out of the question.
I guess I know people do it. But my DD is almost 9 and I can't imagine her having one next year!
Post by Mrs.Rad888 on Apr 19, 2014 16:57:03 GMT -5
DH and I have a landline because we live in the boonies and cell reception isn't always reliable.
My mom is not on FB, but my dad is. You'd think that when I posted something they would both be interested in, he'd mention it to her, right? Nope. I usually have to ask if she's seen it.