People in your situation before Facebook probably: 1) Socialised with local friends 2) Interacted with remote friends via the telephone People in your situat

People in your situation before Facebook probably: 1) Socialised with local friends 2) Interacted with remote friends via the telephone People in your situation before phones probably: 1) Socialised with local friends 2) Interacted with remote friends via the mail/telegram 3) Didn't have that many remote friends due living in an era that provided less opportunities for long-distance travel People in your situation before telegrams/mail: 1) Socialised with local friends 2) Didn't usually have any remote friends due living in an era that provided less opportunities for long-distance travel and/or communications I think if you will do some reading you'll discover that life proceeded quite handily prior to the availability of long distance communications and/or travel to the general populace.