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I didn't think people still opened new user accounts on facebook
Unfortunately, Facebook Marketplace is still a relatively popular Craigslist alt.
More people gently creep into dementia every day.
Facebook marketing across high schools and colleges is intense. And because it's such a pivotal platform, you kinda need to get one and build up a - let's call it a social credit score - just so you can endure admittance counselors and employers demanding to see your account as part of the screening process.
Sort of like getting a credit card as a teenager so you can prove you're credit worthy enough for an apartment or car loan in your twenties. You just have to post generic mundane bullshit on the timeline and join generic mundane groups so people see you as "normal".
Employers demand to see your facebook account? That sounds illegal.
Absolutely nothing in the rules against it. "Being Offline" isn't a protected class.