im 16 and im not on social networking sites, does that make me boring or lame?

[Craver]

I use to have Facebook but i deactivated a few months ago because i just got tired of people seeking attention and crying about dumb sh*t. I have plenty of friends, im good with the girls so dont think im some weirdo socially awkward dude but All my friends say if i get twitter or instagram ill get b*tches and to stay relevant around school and stuff like that. A lot of people say its lame and im weird cause i dont be on sites like that. I just do me, if people wanna talk to me they can call/text me. I just think having a twitter, instagram, and a facebook is time consuming and honestly i just dont feel like sharing what i am doing or my thoughts to a bunch of people most of them i dont even know. recently this girl that i was talking to said im boring and i must be insecure cause i dont do all that stuff. like wtf???? Should i just make a twitter or instagram just because im a teenager and thats what everyone does? i want answers from teens like my self, adults just dont understand i tried to talk to my parents about it, and well...you know.

[Stevö©]

Quite the contrary if you are doing something different to your peers then that is expressing your individuality.

[Joess]

No it doesn't its just who you are and if people cant accept that then that's there loss don't take anybody's crap your not lame!

[csristovski]

thats your decission, no one can tell you to register on sites like facebook or twitter..
if you want you can register on these sites or else enjoy the life..

[SpooN]

yes

[Anu]

Go with Secure Social Network; "Wallpost", gives you protected & secure options to keep your data as more private. Take a Look, It's for above 13 years old.

[A]

Props to you!!! I personally could never deactivate my account for that long of a period.... but yeah i do get what you are talking about, facebook consumes a lot of time and there are a lot of fame whores on there... facebook is even worse now with the follow system... it is basically like youtube now.

But yeah.. not having a facebook expresses your individuality. You roll away from where the crowd goes. i am making you seem like a hipster which you probably are not, you just dont like facebook.

I try to make excuses for why i have a facebook, like "I need it to pm my friends if we had homework" and stuff like that. which is mostly untrue.

[AnonM]

I think you're being smart... My friend was on Twitter before... She probably wasn't careful enough, but a cyber-stalker ID'd her, got her IP address, and began harassing her ever since. It happens more often on social media sites than not... Or so we've since learned. And frankly, I think your time can be spent on better things-make you a smarter person and a better speller anyways...