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

[AdumbroDeus]

I think he missed a step in the chain. Not having a facebook can be a sign of anti social behaviour, which can be a sign of a sociopath or psychopath.

He just worded it reeeeeeeaaaaaalllly poorly.

Well really all he noted was a connection between lack of social media presence and the murderers.

slashdot inserted the "no facebook = MASS MURDERER!"


His wording wasn't poor, the internet spun it out of control, like it always does.

 

[Emperor Nat]

..Also love this coming from the Daily Mail...

I was going to make a comment about how stupid this was... But then I saw this.

Guys, you're not meant to take the mail seriously. It's a newspaper specifically designed to rant about nonsense as an amusing way of starting a morning.

 

[Aurora Firestorm]

Facebook is a social strategy these days. Job hiring folk will look you up on Facebook, and your profile should look vaguely interesting, pretty normal, and absent of any incriminating pictures of you doing drugs, drinking heavily, stripping at parties, or whatever. Basically, if it's embarrassing or illegal, don't put it on the internet, but if you don't have any internet presence, it probably counts against you because everyone trusts people they know more about (barring 'omg I know you're a pedophile' or something) more than those they don't.

 

[RADIALTHRONE1]

What the hell is a Facebook?

Im guessing its another word for a photo album containing only pictures of faces.

OT: So because i prefer to talk with people in person and not through a computer, im a murderer?
Seems legit.

Oh crap i forgot to clean all of my guns and i start school next week! Better hurry!

I dont actually own any guns. or a facebook.

 

[Jiffex]

"We the users are starting to question how technology is changing us: making us fat, making us unhealthy, making us depressed, making us lonely, making us narcissistic, and making us waste time worrying about whether it?s making us fat, unhealthy, depressed, narcissistic and/or lonely"

I didn't waste time thinking about this. I probably will now though. Oh well, I can waste that time in prison after my killing spree I suppose...

 

[Twilight_guy]

You mean mass murders are anti-social and thus don't use Facebook, a social media website? Stop the presses, this is page 1 news!

A lack of social interaction and a history of reclusive behavior is an indicator of being mentally unbalanced, but directly linking anything here is kind of stupid.

 

[Madgamer13]

Greets!

I'm too busy meeting people in real life to sign up to facebook. You know, all that talking and stuff tends to take up lots of time.

Wait, what was that? I have no friends if I have no facebook?

Uhm... Ok.

I was signed up to facebook once, I found it the easiest thing in the world to use to lose friends, people believe ~everything~ you put there! I used it to do my forever alone thing and push people away. =]

 

[the_dude_abides]

Heres some of the traits of your average psychopath.

1. Superficial charm
2. Grandiose sense of self-worth
3. Pathological lying
4. Emotionally shallow
5. Need for stimulation
6. Impulsiveness

I don't know but that sounds like your average facebook/ twitter addict to me!

In all seriousness facebook has its uses but its uses as a communication tool are vastly overrated imo.