Endless Paradigm

Quote:Facebook has become such a pervasive force in modern society that increasing numbers of employers, and even some psychologists, believe people who aren't on social networking sites are 'suspicious.'

The German magazine Der Taggspiegel went so far as to point out that accused theater shooter James Holmes and Norwegian mass murder Anders Behring Breivik have common ground in their lack of Facebook profiles.

On a more tangible level, Forbes.com reports that human resources departments across the country are becoming more wary of young job candidates who don't use the site.

The common concern among bosses is that a lack of Facebook could mean the applicant's account could be so full of red flags that it had to be deleted.

Slate.com tech reporter Farhad Manjoo wrote in an advice column that young people shouldn't date anyone who isn't on Facebook.


'If you’re of a certain age and you meet someone who you are about to go to bed with, and that person doesn’t have a Facebook page, you may be getting a false name. It could be some kind of red flag,' he says.

Manjoo points out that these judgements don't apply to older people who were already productive adults before social media became widespread.

The tech news site Slashdot summed up Der Taggspiegel's story about social networking as 'not having a Facebook account could be the first sign that you are a mass murderer.'

It points out that Holmes, who is accused of killing 12 people and an unborn child and wounding 58 others at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, and Breivik, who murdered  77 people with a car bomb and mass shooting, did not use Facebook and had small online footprints.

Breivik used MySpace and Holmes was reportedly on the hookup site Adult Friend Finder.

Psychologist Christopher Moeller told the magazine that using Facebook has become a sign of having a healthy social network.

Psychologists have noted that Holmes, along with several noted mass murderers, have lacked any real friends.

And this is what the argument boils down to: It's the suspicion that not being on Facebook, which has become so normal among young adults, is a sign that you're abnormal and dysfunctional, or even dangerous, ways.

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Wow, I guess I'm a suspicious person?

really.

then what about this..

"Facebook murderer who posed as teenager to lure victim jailed for life"

Sparker Wrote: [ -> ]Wow, I guess I'm a suspicious person?

Sparker Wrote: [ -> ]Wow, I guess I'm a suspicious person?

I'd hate to say it, but yes.
Society, in general, is suspicious of abnormal behaviour.  Hikikomoris are definitely considered abnormal in western countries, thus you'd be placed higher on a suspicion list because the majority simply can't understand you and the way you think.
It sucks, but the irony is that people want others to be like them (although there's often praise for those that go beyond).

They do somewhat have a point, but I don't know the statistics.  Facebook now has like 900,000 members?  So that means like 87.1% of the world does NOT use Facebook.  Of course, this figure includes those in 3rd world countries, those who are older etc, but I suspect the number of young people not on Facebook is still quite significant.  (I'd guess that the Chinese probably don't use Facebook; have no idea about the Indians)


This is totally absurd though:

Quote:'If you’re of a certain age and you meet someone who you are about to go to bed with, and that person doesn’t have a Facebook page, you may be getting a false name. It could be some kind of red flag,' he says.

I'd say it's much easier to use a fake name online than offline.

Sparker Wrote: [ -> ]Wow, I guess I'm a suspicious person?

Another website didn't use "you are suspicious", they used "you are Psychopath".

They're sugar-coating it so they don't hurt your feelings.

facebook is bulllshhiiiitttt

Never made an account there, never will also, I feel like a badass now lol