I’m not on Facebook!

I sometimes hear other people saying, „I’m not on Facebook! I don’t like the platform.”

But this is like saying, „I don’t like all the accounts people have on Facebook.”

There are billions of people; even if you select the top 0.01%, you still get a huge number of accounts that post things that might interest you.

I once posted the photo you see attached to this blog post. One person reposted the photo, and they got a reply: „But who’s asking you?”

Even if I don’t like the mechanics of Facebook, some notifications you can’t block, some ads you can’t skip, the difficulty in saving things, the way the video player works, or other things, Facebook is still a very important social network for me.

Why? Because of the people on it.

I don’t like newsletters, I prefer reading news on websites much more.

But there are some newsletters that are so well-made that I don’t want to miss a thing.

I use some messenger solutions that are rather obscure in Romania – Microsoft Teams, Signal. Even Telegram is rarely used. But I use all of these platforms because there are some people in there that I want to talk to.

Even TikTok – I don’t like the network, but I still have an account, because there are things in there that I want to see.

Combing back to „I’m not on Facebook!”, the answer is „But who’s asking if you like the platform or not? Just be there!”.

The conclusion? Be on Facebook, use newsletters, have a TikTok account, use obscure messaging media, not because you like the platform so much, but because there are people in there who are worth being there for.