Ya, I don't disagree that the things you list may have been significant factors. But I think it's very hard to know ex-post. Certainly we can imagine alternativ

Ya, I don't disagree that the things you list may have been significant factors. But I think it's very hard to know ex-post. Certainly we can imagine alternative universes where the fact that your parents can easily connect with you on FB was, in fact, the explanation for why it didn't succeed.