See maybe this is why I never understood the supposed all-important-ness of Events. I still just hang out with friends or family or by myself rather than going to "events".
But they all plan their dances and workshops meticulously in Facebook.
I can mark dances as "interesting" months before they happen and look up later what's coming next week.
That's especially nice for other scenes than your own, in towns two hours or more away.
It's the only thing keeping me on Facebook, because I don't see how to replace that.
Is this popular with American Teens?
I am guessing not. Which kind of makes the GP's point.
And at that point, yes, they start to do everything on Facebook.
It's not so much all-important, but it's the one feature that impacts Facebook-abstainers the most. If someone's planning a party and is lazily using FB events, you'll probably be left out if you don't have an account.
Similarly, my daughter's GirlScouts troop uses FB exclusively for organizing/announcements/voting, etc.
But I love nothing more than dancing the night away with great music. I'm a raver. Facebook Events is a game changer.
When I started going to raves you got a phone call from a guy who heard from a guy that there was a layby off a remote B-road that you might want to be at and when you got there another guy would give you directions along an unnamed road to an abandoned airfield and that was where the rave was.
Now we got corporate raves on a public website. The old way was better.
I also have to imagine that sometimes you just want to dance and it's probably nice to not have to jump through a lot of hoops to find a fun party.