Absolutely not 
The Facebook, Twitter, etc apps are just there to make your life easier if you happen to have accounts with those services, and you want to post content to several websites at once.
You are welcome to use the apps, or not.
If Volentia asks you to login to your facebook account you can simply click on the Cancel button if you are only going to use Volentia.
Volentia now offers you the ability to post your status updates to Twitter. You can connect your profile on Volentia to Twitter.
To connect, check the box next to the Twitter icon in your Status bar or click on the Twitter link under your information on your Profile Page.
Next click the “Connect” button in the “Connect to Twitter” window
Connecting to Twitter will bring up the Twitter sign in page, where you can enter your username and password for your Twitter account.
After submitting your username and password, Twitter will ask if you want to allow Volentia to access your account.
Clicking “Allow” will redirect you back to your Profile Page on Volentia. You can now post your Volentia status updates to Twitter! If you are including a link in your status post, you have the option to shorten the URL by clicking the “Shorten URL” link in the pop up box.
You can choose not to shorten the URL by clicking the x to close the pop up box. However, you will not have the option to shorten again without refreshing the page. Click Update to post your status to Volentia as well as Twitter.
Once you have connected to Twitter, you’ll also have the ability to share/post Volentia content to Twitter using the Twitter link displayed on content pages.
If you find a video you like and you want to make sure you can find it again later, you can add that video to your favorites.
The list of videos you have added as favorites can be reached from any page on the Videos tab. Just click the “My Favorites” link.
To add a video to your favorites so you can find it again later, click the “Favorite” link below the video on the video’s detail page.
When you upload photos to Volentia you have the option to add a title and a description to your photo.
You can edit any photo once you’ve uploaded it. You can rotate the photo, add or edit the tags you’ve given it, change the title, description, location, and change the privacy settings of the photo.
To edit a photo you’ve uploaded, head to that photo’s detail page. On the right side under the photo, you’ll see the options you’d like. Directly from the photo’s detail page, you can rotate it or add or edit your tags by clicking the “Rotate photo” or “Edit your tags” links.
To edit the title, description, location, and privacy settings of the photo, click the “Edit photo” link. You’ll be taken to a page where you can make any or all of these changes to your photo.
If you’re a member of Volentia and someone acts abusively towards you or towards other members we would like you to please contact us immediately using the “Report An Issue” link at the bottom of Volentia
You’ll also want to remove the person from your Friends list, and moderate comments on your profile page/blog until the issue is resolved.
If someone is abusing members on Volentia we will suspend that person’s account. Suspending a member removes their profile and all of their content from Volentia, including profile comments they’ve left for other members.
Abuse is against Volentia’s Terms of Service, and we investigate all reports of abusive behavior.
Volentia is a Vegetarian and Vegan FRIENDLY site 
Volentia.com – CELEBRATING The Vegetarian Lifestyle!
If you’re a member of Volentia and someone sends you spam, the first thing to do is to block that person from sending you messages.
At the bottom of your email message, you will see “To control which emails you receive on Volentia, click here.”
Click on the link and you will be taken to the Opt-Out page. You can choose what emails you would like to opt-out of if you are a member of Volentia. Block all emails from the sender.
Please contact us immediately using the “Report An Issue” link at the bottom of Volentia
If someone is spamming members on Volentia we will suspend that person’s account. Suspending a member removes their profile and all of their content from Volentia, including profile comments they’ve left for other members.
Spamming is against Volentia’s Terms of Service, and we investigate all reports of spam.
It happens! Sometimes you need to withdraw a friend request. Here’s how to do it:
1. Click on “My Friends” in the Admin Box:
2. Click on the “Requests Sent” tab in your Volentia Inbox:
3. You will see a list of people you’ve sent friend requests to.
4. Click the “Withdraw” button next to the person you no longer want to invite to be your friend.
The friend request will no longer be active.
If you find that you cannot add someone on Volentia as your friend, you might have too many outstanding friend requests. You’ll have to withdraw some of your outstanding friend requests before you can invite new people to be your friends. (We cap the number of outstanding friend requests that members can have to prevent spam on the network.)
