Why do people invite you out on face book,knowing that you do not go on there

I'm still quite new to the Social networking thing.I do have a FB account,but have never even visited twitter as yet...I can see the attraction of networked communication possibilities when you can post messages on your "Wall" for friends to read and reply to,and make arrangements to share time with them..but you have to be aware who the friends are that actively use the site! The ability to link a cellphone to your account could be a blessing or a curse,depending on whether someone was posting useful info or just trivial gossip which you'd be paying to receive..I'd like the option of a "Busy" or "Away" or "Offline" status that would let someone know you weren't available..

A lot of people believe Facebook, myspace, twitter is the primary communitcation method. My friends go on facebook whenever there is a computer nearby. I don't see the point with facebook. If I need to contact my friends, I'll phone them. I agree, I don't bother with facebook, and a lot of ppl feel like that I'm ignoring them. There's nothing you can do. However, it's easier to change yourself rather than change others.

Well, many people are using Facebook and Twitter now, and so most people automatically assume that other people have Facebook and Twitter. I have Facebook, but I don't have Twitter. I don't really like using Twitter. There is nothing wrong with Facebook and it is very easy to use, but just anything, you have to watch your back.

Wow we aren't friends without a reason!!!! I have cousins that have repeatedly insisted I join Facebook. Not going to lie to you I believe you don't know till you try it. So with that said I did try it. I would love to have viewed pictures of family but if that's what I need to do, as in something I dislike then I guess I don't need the pictures. I find Facebook to be very juvenile, pure gossip and people seeking love no matter what their marriage vows are and right now I have far to many problems without this BS. For those who do enjoy Facebook and I know there are many who reconnect with school friends etc, excellent and good for you, I just don't have the same luck.

I don't know why they do something like this. My guess is that they want to hang out with you more. I don't get these kind of requests at all. I think that you should just ignore them or tell them that you are not interested in joining them for a drink. I don't get any messages like this. People on facebook act as if they are by themselves on this site. I don't bother with many people that much. Sometimes I just consider deleting my entire facebook account if you know what I mean.

i've noticed that everyone presumes that the whole world uses facebook,i tried once and hated it,all my friends know that i don't have an account but on the odd occasion they'll slip up and say oohhh did you see what happened on so and so's wall the other day,,,

People just think everyone in the world is on Facebook and loves it. I am a stubborn old lady and if everybody is doing it, you can bet I am not. I would rather be here, or contacted directly in my e mail.

i guess they think it's being friendly. some people can't comprehend some people don't have the time or inclination to be on there 24/7.

I think its really nice actually when people invite us to things even knowing that we never go out. It should make us feel good that they arent excluding us. My friends all go out and do things but they never invite me so I am the one left feeling left out. I wish they would invite me even if they didnt think that I would go out.

Well, whenever I get a message on facebook, I have it sent to send me notifications to my email as well so for those people that I am friends with but don't have my regular email address or my cell phone number, they are able to leave me messages on facebook and then I am able to read the message through my inbox. That way, I don't miss the fact that I have a message from them. Do you not have this feature set up?

Oh I sure hope not as I have had an account on facebook now for 3 years. It has been 9 months since I have actually logged in. But I had quite a few nosy friends so I am sure they know that from looking on my wall. I lost my zest for it. Facebook alerts come to my phone and I just delete. I hope the invites are not coming just to facebook. As I would hope that they would have the sense to call me knowing that I have not logged in, in so long.

Face book holds no appeal for me. I guess people just think that they are being friendly. What does throw me is that I know people who see each other often at work, and talk about Facebook. When they get home, they promptly log on, and talk about work!

It is happening because people take facebook way too serious. In my case, I see facebook as a killer of all those great talks on phone and friend's visiting. Today they just press "Poke" or inviting you to an event through and invitation which was automatically sent to your wall ." Most of the times it is just people who don't even care about/ don't want you to come... but they are so lazy to mark only the relevant people so they just mark "all" and finish it.

That's what happening to me as well. I'm not in facebook most of the time, but yet i keep getting messages from people, as well as friends. Instead of them calling or texting to ask about how i'm doing, they are asking am i not in fcebook for such long period of time! I do get pissed off by such comments from them. Though facebook is popular and majority of people has got account in it, but that does not mean we have to be logging in everyday right? We have our freedom and rights to choose.

Well, that is good of you to tell her. I go on Facebook daily for a break from my online work. So I am just the opposite of you. I enjoy it and I too rarely go on others walls. Too many and too little time. I enjoy Facebook and have had no problems so far so will probably continue to go on there for a time.

You may not be there in the facebook or any other community were you friend is a member. Also if he had requested you to join there because he want a friend like you to share his space. But still if you dont want to join , then you can politely decline it. But i dont think it will help as the mail which you got will be send throughs friend emailing list. It should be an automated mail

If you have friends who don't know you no longer use face book and are trying to contact you through it, shouldn't you have told them you were no longer using it?

I am like you and I do not use Facebook often. I use it for promotion etc... but I believe people use it to send the same messages across to a good number of people so that they can get tasks done quicker. Also, they may be on the computer that since they're on the net, they'll use that advantage to get messages across with facebook. if i didn't need to promote any of my work, then I wouldn't have facebook.. there wouldn't be a good reason for it. Maybe you should cancel yours so your friends wont be confused.

Then set your phone up for facebook texts

Well a lot of people use facebook now a days. It is actually kind of un-common to not check your facebook at least once a day. So your friend just probably figures that you're like her, and you're an active user. Just explain nicely that you don't check it, and that she should get a hold of you another way.