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I haven't been on FB for most of the past decade. I regularly ask friends, "Oh, did you see so-and-so got married?" Inevitably, they know that because they ar
by tinymollusk 9y ago
I haven't been on FB for most of the past decade. I regularly ask friends, "Oh, did you see so-and-so got married?"
Inevitably, they know that because they are FB friends, but really met through me.
I wonder if we lose something because the connection between Person A-B-C is weakened. Person C is presented info by Facebook, instead of through the original connection. Denies neurons a chance to fire together and cross-associate.
- jeremycole 9y agoIMHO, this sounds like you're jealous that your friends A and C have a way of communicating (and keeping apprised of each others' situations better than you're able) that bypasses you. It's your choice to remain uninvolved (and I actually respect that quite a lot), but you can't reasonably be annoyed that others who are involved in it bypass you.
- tinymollusk 9y agoI don't think this is the case, but I can see how it's an appealing interpretation. I do experience a brief moment of annoyance, but it feels more like an annoyance that we lost an opportunity to reminisce and re-connect over a mutual friend. The call and response of "did you see this?" and "Yes." stops the conversation more than if they respond with "no", and we can relate over a story.