Apparently not having Facebook makes you "suspicious" (epic facepalm)

[MammothBlade]

Forbes [http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2012/08/06/beware-tech-abandoners-people-without-facebook-accounts-are-suspicious/]


Daily fail [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2184658/Facebook-Some-employers-psychologists-say-avoiding-social-media-suspicious.html?ICO=most_read_module]

An expert noted that mass murderers Anders Breivik and James Holmes both lacked much of a social media presence, leading to the conclusion, in Slashdot?s phrasing, that ?not having a Facebook account could be the first sign that you are a mass murderer.?

Well shit, think what you will, but this is both stupid... and dangerous. Not everyone likes being watched 24/7. Not everyone wants to be an open book on the internet, me included. I'd wager that it's much more interesting to know people who don't share everything on Facebook, who like to keep their private life just that.

 

[Doclector]

Jesus. I spend more time on facebook than I'd like to admit, as it's a genuinely useful tool to me as well as a way to keep in touch with friends who I can't meet in person at the time, but this is unbelievably stupid.

 

[Tactical Pause]

Oh my god, I should have known. The warning signs have been there for so long, I just pretended I didn't see...

I think I'm a mass murderer.

 

[Daystar Clarion]

Well that explains why there's so many corpses in the house...

Both my parents lack Facebook accounts.

It all makes sense!

 

[FalloutJack]

You know, I'll keep asking this until I get a proper answer that I could give a damn about...

What the FUCK do I need Facebook for?

Ain't gonna happen...

 

[Aerosteam]

Jesus, another reason to add to the huge list of why I should use Facebook!

No... Wait... This is dumb.

 

[Aris Khandr]

Awesome. I love that everyone is expected to sign up to put their lives out for everyone to follow, or they're a mass murderer.

 

[BeeGeenie]

No Facebook=No Friends=Homocidal Maniac. Seems Legit.
Guess I better tweet something or post a link to a cat video before people start looking at me funny.

 

[Rawne1980]

Well shit.

I don't have, nor will I ever have, a facebook account.

Best get to sharpening the knives.

Edit - It's okay, i'm safe.

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

Well thank fuck for being an 80's child.

 

[shrekfan246]

No Facebook=No Friends=Homocidal Maniac. Seems Legit.
Guess I better tweet something or post a link to a cat video before people start looking at me funny.

Did someone say "cat video"?


OT: What about people like me, who have a Facebook account but haven't actively used it in something like two years? Wouldn't that be slightly more suspicious than not having one altogether?

 

[DoPo]

You know, I'll keep asking this until I get a proper answer that I could give a damn about...

What the FUCK do I need Facebook for?

Well, the answer seems to be "To not kill people".

But what if I have a Fb account but don't use it at all?

Oh, and I can just picture this in a cop show

Policeman: What do you think, chief? This guy was diagnosed with severe mental illness and has reported "hearing voices telling him to hurt people". He even took on self mutilation claiming that "blood silences them". But for the past year now, he seemingly stopped hurting himself. It sounds like out guy.

Chief: Hmm, no, he is not our guy.

P: Really? Why do you think so.

C: It's a rookie mistake but don't they teach you this in the academy. *holds up a piece of paper and points at it* See here? It says he has a MySpace account. Not our guy.

 

[FalloutJack]

Well, the answer seems to be "To not kill people".

Don't you believe it! FB made her kill someone!

 

[Euryalus]

I don't have a Facebook... Hmmm...

 

[Dirty Hipsters]

Sounds to me like that "expert" bought facebook stock.

 

[Euryalus]

I also love Skyrim...

...my God, how could I not have known!

 

[MPerce]

Not much to say about this except:

 

[DoPo]

I also love Skyrim...

...my God, how could I not have known!

I remember the Dragonborn's distinct lack of Facebook there, too.

 

[GodofDisaster]

I think this video best describes my reaction to such a retarded theory, heck it's not even a theory, as a theory has a chance of being right, this is just plain wrong.


Also if not having facebook makes you a mass murderer, does that mean an actual mass murderer will be cured of all their homicidal/psychopathic traits if they join Facebook?

 

[ChildishLegacy]

Guess I'll go put on a straitjacket then. Should have known I couldn't be trusted.

Also love this coming from the Daily Mail, the same paper that has probably ran over 9000 horror stories on people meeting over the internet and internet pedophilia and internet bullying blah blah blah blah blah.

Risk to use it, fucking psychopath to not. <3 newspapers.

 

[leviathanmisha]

I have a facebook, but I never use it.

But going through my archive on Tumblr has convinced me that in another life, I would totally be a mass murderer...

Crap.