<p>I started this post in one college's forum, but I was interested to hear from others...</p>
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I was curious: d was notified about roommate, but saw that r.m. has no facebook entry . I don't know anything about facebook. what might that mean, other than r.m. does not have a facebook entry? luddite, amish, not into computers?</p>
<p>is not having a facebook entry for incoming freshman normal or typical for most students nowadays?
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<p>All it means is that the roommate doesn't have a Facebook. That's it.</p>
<p>I wouldn't say it's typical, but it's still normal.</p>
<p>Yeah--nothing to worry about, IMO. Heck, I didn't have a Facebook either until last year, and I still don't use it for much.</p>
<p>Possibly they just didn't tell the college their facebook?</p>
<p>My college doesn't ask for things like this- so when we got room assignments everyone just searched. I couldn't find my roommate for days- because I didn't think to look up my roommate under a common nickname.</p>
<p>I know a lot of people who didn't even create a facebook until they got to college, or didn't at all. I wouldn't call this abnormal.</p>
<p>I don't have a Facebook either.
I deleted mine after my 40-something study abroad adviser tried to add me as his friend before I even met him.</p>
<p>That, and I found the site too confusing to use, so I never used it much anyway.</p>
<p>The privacy settings could be set so that you can't search for them...</p>
<p>Have you tried checking their myspace? having no facebook doesn't mean they are wierd or anything. I know alot of people who purposely don't want to get one for fear of privacy and safety issues.</p>
<p>It's not that weird for her not to have a facebook. Not everyone does. It is possible though that maybe the roommate uses a nickname or something rather than her real name on facebook.</p>
<p>I'd say it most likely has to do with their current friends. If none of their friends used facebook in high school, there'd be no point in making one. If a future roommate doesn't have a facebook account it probably just means they never felt the need to make one (communicating with friends...).</p>
<p>He Doesnt Exist!!!!</p>
<p>I just got one recently, and mainly due to college.</p>
<p>My stereotypical self would say, "If he dosen't have a facebook account, he must be more sane than all the people on facebook. Social network = EVIL."</p>
<p>He died...?</p>
<p>I didn't have one until last year because I easily become a junkie on those things so I tend to avoid them.
Some people I know dont have them because they feel facebook allows others to invade your privacy. Also unless you don't see your friends alot its kinda pointless.</p>
<p>Seriously don't read to much into this and be open minded when meeting roommate. It could turn out that the roommate does have face book and just didn't feel comfortable writing it or uses a nickname for the account.</p>
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He Doesnt Exist!!!!
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This is really the only possible explanation, besides conspiracy theories about aliens or robots (which are certainly possible but unlikely).</p>
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new roommate has no facebook - what does that mean?
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<p>he's old school :)</p>
<p>I don't have one either. I had a myspace a long time ago, but it took up a lot of time and some people that I didn't want to see it found it. </p>
<p>Besides, as my mom says "that is how girls get abduced and raped by weird old men". lol</p>
<p>facebook is convenient and a good way to find old friends.</p>
<p>We've all started saying he even though its the daughter's roommate, haha.</p>
<p>Anyway, it just means that she has a lot more time on her hands to do more important stuff...</p>
<p>^that or maybe she doesn't have friends. Maybe it just isn't popular where she lives. Maybe her parents won't allow it. Maybe she's homeschool and doesn't really know other people. Maybe it's hidden. Maybe she goes by her middle name. Maybe she's waiting until college to get one (I've seriously known people who think that it is only allowed for college students and you can't get one until then).</p>
<p>op: it could mean a lot of things that ^ already pointed out. but in the end, it doesn't really matter that much does it? my roomie just got her facebook, but we talk wayy more through email lol</p>