My wife and I were traveling back from the airport recently and the topic of friends without Facebook pages came up. I made the proposition that to not have a Facebook page in this day and age is pretty rude. I had this thought and made this statement without more than a moment of actually processing the thought…so then I started to process the question, “is it rude to not have a Facebook page?”
I am sure those that don’t do Facebook have a bunch of good reasons to not participate. At the top of that list is usually the idea that they prefer face-to-face, voice-to-voice interaction that is more meaningful than what social media can provide. That is all well intentioned, but I would propose that it rarely happens. We live in a time and culture where we are driven by social media. Social media is both a blessing and a curse and is a big part of this world, but I would propose that there are a lot of redeeming qualities about it as well.
How many of us have friends scattered all throughout the country and maybe even the world? Even this week I have a friend who is moving his family to Cambodia. It is not as if we will have any meaningful face-to-face interaction and it’s quite unlikely we will have much voice-to-voice interaction. Facebook, or any kind of social media in general, is a great way to keep in touch and stay informed of what is going on in people’s lives.
So what do you think? Is it rude to not have a Facebook page? Unfortunately this question is falling on the ears of those that have them because most of you found this post through Facebook. But for those of you who didn’t and don’t have a Facebook page, why don’t you?
