Gripe of the Week: "Facebook Evangelism"
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We're kicking it off with a doozy from Ruth in St. Paul. She's sick of people who push Facebook on her like religion.
Please keep comments civil.
The more I interact with friends, and now family as well, the more I hear the following question, "Why don't you have a Facebook account?" This is not a gentle question asked from a place of curiosity. Rather, it is a jeering and somewhat scolding question mixed with a tone of condescension and dismissal. Think of the way an evangelist responds when you look at him/her and say, "I'm not interested." These are magical words for any dedicated evangelist and suddenly you find yourself in a heated debate regarding the immortality of your soul with an 18 year old kid for an entire plane trip from Minneapolis to Norfolk, Virginia. Okay, so that only happened once, and I have to admit it was somewhat amusing. Nonetheless, with the same enthusiasm and dedication as teenaged evangelists, Facebookers persistently ask this question over and over again, hoping that you'll see the light and join the millions of cyber-drones exchanging pictures of drunken college parties and spring break trips to Cancun. Despite the unobscured reality that I erased by Facebook page in 2006, and despite the fact that I've adamantly voiced my refusal to re-join the Facebook fun, these loyals continue to ask me this tired question. This leads me to a question of my own: Is there anybody who doesn't have a Facebook profile? And if so, why not? I know my reasons, but I would be interested to know why my otherwise typical peers choose to engage in this atypical lifestyle: a life without social networking sites.
Ruth
St. Paul
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