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		matwood on Aug 5, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My Name Is Me - Supporting your freedom to choose ... but it's become so ubiquitous that having a Facebook profile has become necessary to participate fully in online life. I must not be participating fully in an 'online life' then. When I look at my non-tech friends I do much more participating online than any of them do and they all have FB accounts and I do not.

sp332 on Aug 6, 2011 [–]

You can't even sign in to some websites without a FB or Twitter login.

adambyrtek on Aug 7, 2011 | [–]

Blame those sites for that, there is no excuse for not offering alternative login options.

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