I see your point and it's valid. Broadcast messages from people you care about are nice. So and so had a baby, or whatever else is going on in their life. It

I see your point and it's valid. Broadcast messages from people you care about are nice. So and so had a baby, or whatever else is going on in their life. It's why FB was useful for before it became a continuous stream of reposted drivel. I like to keep up with what's going on in people's lives at a scale greater than one to one interactions can support. In my view, there's definitely an upside to technology that supports a number of friends and acquaintances roughly 10x what one could support otherwise. Hell, even linkedin is somewhat useful to be able to keep up with what old colleagues are up to and reconnect at times.