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> have no other ways of getting in touch with someone. They don't have telephones or e-mail, or even home addresses? Granted, it might not be as convenient, b

> have no other ways of getting in touch with someone. They don't have telephones or e-mail, or even home addresses? Granted, it might not be as convenient, but people, including friends, do not cease to exist outside of facebook, or are facebook-friends friends of convenience only?

AbacusAvenger 9y ago
Telephone numbers and home addresses change all the time, and communicating the change of this information is a hard problem that requires effort that most people won't put forth. On the other hand, Facebook accounts just stay the same. It doesn't matter where they live or what Nth phone they happen to have, they've always got a Facebook account. I don't know everyone else's use cases for Facebook, but in my case it's just a way to be able to keep in contact with people I'd otherwise be losing contact with.
baby 9y ago
> They don't have telephones or e-mail, or even home addresses? 1. they live in different countries 2. what am I going to do with an home address? 3. people change phone, email and home address all the time unfortunately. A Facebook account is surprisingly more reliable. > Granted, it might not be as convenient, but people, including friends, do not cease to exist outside of facebook I could in some case contact someone who still have them on Facebook, but sometimes I just don't have any friend in common with them. > or are facebook-friends friends of convenience only? No, I value my friends. I just met a lot of people traveling in my life. I still meet friends I haven't seen in decades when I travel every year. This would definitely not be possible without Facebook. I'm not just arguing for the sake of arguing. Last month alone I met two of them. In Stockholm and realized I had a Swedish friend there, that I hadn't seen since 2009. We barely talked since then, we didn't really remember what friend we had in common (Facebook helped) but we sure had a good time back then so we were super happy to meet again. In Lisbon I met with a Portuguese friend I hadn't seen since 2009 as well. If it was not for Instagram she wouldn't even have noticed that I was there. We had dinner together and it was awesome. Just felt like old times.

AbacusAvenger 9y ago

Telephone numbers and home addresses change all the time, and communicating the change of this information is a hard problem that requires effort that most people won't put forth. On the other hand, Facebook accounts just stay the same. It doesn't matter where they live or what Nth phone they happen to have, they've always got a Facebook account. I don't know everyone else's use cases for Facebook, but in my case it's just a way to be able to keep in contact with people I'd otherwise be losing contact with.

baby 9y ago

> They don't have telephones or e-mail, or even home addresses? 1. they live in different countries 2. what am I going to do with an home address? 3. people change phone, email and home address all the time unfortunately. A Facebook account is surprisingly more reliable. > Granted, it might not be as convenient, but people, including friends, do not cease to exist outside of facebook I could in some case contact someone who still have them on Facebook, but sometimes I just don't have any friend in common with them. > or are facebook-friends friends of convenience only? No, I value my friends. I just met a lot of people traveling in my life. I still meet friends I haven't seen in decades when I travel every year. This would definitely not be possible without Facebook. I'm not just arguing for the sake of arguing. Last month alone I met two of them. In Stockholm and realized I had a Swedish friend there, that I hadn't seen since 2009. We barely talked since then, we didn't really remember what friend we had in common (Facebook helped) but we sure had a good time back then so we were super happy to meet again. In Lisbon I met with a Portuguese friend I hadn't seen since 2009 as well. If it was not for Instagram she wouldn't even have noticed that I was there. We had dinner together and it was awesome. Just felt like old times.