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The problem with email, calls and SMS is one of discovery. How do you find your high school friend's email or phone number? People like(d) FB because it was tr
by briandear 9y ago
The problem with email, calls and SMS is one of discovery. How do you find your high school friend's email or phone number?
People like(d) FB because it was trivial to look up and stalk old friends. The "what are they doing now" effect is powerful as it the "look at me now" effect.
- orbifold 9y agoSimple, you don't. Most people are perfectly fine leaving the past behind. If I'm no longer in touch with someone there is typically a good reason for it.
- galdosdi 9y agoExactly! I think when FB came out, the newness of being able to reconnect with a high school acquaintance you were never that close to to begin with, with such low effort, got people excited. A few years later the novelty has worn off and we are realizing it's not that valuable anyway. Like, if you really wanted to, you could reconnect through mutual acquaintances. I mean you went to the same high school, right? All FB does is make it so low effort that you can therefore "reconnect" (does mutual Facebook wall stalking really count as human connection though?) with people yoy previously could have found if you really wanted to, but were not worth the effort