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> But you're ignoring the fact that Facebook is effectively the first opportunity in history for a universal "push" mechanism for friendship. Only because it h
by hyperbovine 9y ago
> But you're ignoring the fact that Facebook is effectively the first opportunity in history for a universal "push" mechanism for friendship.
Only because it has defined downwards the entire concept of friendship.
- macintux 9y agoI don't disagree that it has redefined "friendship" in a negative way, but that's irrelevant. How would all of your genuine friends find out you've died, if they are widely dispersed and to various degrees ignorant of each other?
- hyperbovine 9y agoThe same way they did before social media became a thing, presumably. More pertinent is how you can now have a what’s considered a genuine friendship entirely by interacting with someone on fb.
- pishpash 9y agoNo it hasn't. You don't have to accept anybody as a friend on Facebook.