"Why do I need to be on Facebook?"

All of my friends/family/colleagues who still refuse to enter any aspect of the social media world need to read this:

http://mashable.com/2009/10/16/social-media-changing-lives/

We all have a few people in our lives who continue to throw out the following questions/excuses:

• Why do I need to be on Facebook?
• I don't want all these people from my past finding me.
• Why do I need that when I can just email people?
• I don't understand the point of Twitter.
• What is LinkedIn?  I don't get it.
• I don't have the time to go set it all up.

And the list goes on...

In about 5 years, all of these statements and questions will seem foolish.  They will be the equivalent of someone today saying "Why do I need to have an email account?"  (and I know a LOT of people who said that just 10 short years ago.)