I am (forced) to make a facebook account?

[Nick]

all the kids of my school, my old school, and generally all the people i know
have a facebook account. people nowadays dont use moblies. they dont go
out wit their friends. they just loggin into facebook. evey time i try to make a
new friendship they ask me if i have a facebook account in order to talk with them.
so i reply that i dont and they leave. is that so big deal? in fact i dont like facebook.
i think i'll lose my privacy, i wont know what to reply to stupid people's comments,
and i dont want to add fotos of me. but apart of these i generaly dont like it.
so i make an account anyway?

[Mike]

You could have a Facebook account and still maintain a high level of privacy. The privacy is based on what the user posts. If you dont post private information then noone will have your private information. You also do not have to post pictures or anything like that. Facebook is just a simpler way to connect with old friends and new friends alike.

[MMMT]

You can also fill out fake information if need be.

[TimberWolf]

You can make a profile, post some photos (not of you if you don't want to) and just leave it. Its a nice-to-have, but you really don't need it, maybe in the future it could have a better use, but you don't really need to get hooked on internet. Believe me, its fun and all, but only if you go online every now and then and not too often cos you get bored after a while.