Neither of you seem to be members of social groups that announce their goings-on on Facebook, because if you were you'd realize that missing out or getting your info from elsewhere is pretty damn inconvenient

That's not true for me. What is true is that I'm not a member of any social group that uses FB exclusively. I don't know of many that do that, because doing so excludes a lot of people.

undestand though that for people who live in the poorest of regions , the ones who absolutely can't pay for it, facebook is free communication with their loved ones, often in another country. for most people that's what makes FB useful, not the constant political bickering