I have one friend who doesn't use Facebook (for reasons unrelated to privacy), and it's really quite frustrating. If someone wants to hang out, they send a group message on Facebook. Then someone has to be responsible for communicating to my "outcast" friend via some other medium about the event. This becomes a pain in the ass when trying to schedule things.

I personally would love to use email, but people just refuse to do it. Everyone wants to use Facebook because everyone is on it. Believe me, I've tried to get people to switch to email. But it always reverts back to Facebook.

I wonder why this was downvoted? It's presented as a factual anecdote about a real experience. I can only imagine 2 reasons to downvote this:

1.) You have evidence that burntsushi is lying and that the story is untrue.

2.) You don't want what burntsushi is saying to be true (you disagree with the lifestyle choices of burntsushi's friends).

Do we really downvote people for #2 on Hacker News? Or is their proof for #1?

For some (many?) people, these steps are followed:

1. Plan event (e.g. party)

2. Invite people on Facebook

It’s massively easier than texting/IMing people. Yeah, you will do it for people you really care about, but you can easily miss out if you aren’t on FB.

No they won't, and we are all in our late_30's/early_40's.