On 25 May 2011, at 10:09, John Shaver wrote: > 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. >
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