On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 7:14 PM, Stuart Jansen <[email protected]> wrote: > Electronic friends are not the same as real friends. The illusion > created by lists is less powerful and less treacherous than the illusion > created by FB.
Just because you can't make friends doesn't mean other people have the same problem. Facebook is just another method of communication. That doesn't mean your facebook friends aren't really friends. It depends on how you communicate and interact with them. If my friend posts on facebook that he is having a get together at his house, I go over to his house we watch a movie, chat a bit and what not. Or if a friend posts on facebook that they need some help with something, I'll help them and guess what. We're friends! We communicate and share ideas it's just easier to do sometimes through something like facebook, (and easier to filter sometimes). I'll admit that there are some people on my facebook that aren't exactly friends, or that I'm not as good friend with as I should be. Largely though, it has assisted me in having better friendships. > I could add things like FB's constantly changing privacy policy, but for > me the illusion of intimacy is the most important difference. I also know some people that I've never met in person that live 1000 miles away, yet I consider them to be friends. People were making friends with people they didn't know long before the interwebs. Back then they were called pen pals. -John /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
