I recently left Facebook and I am acutely aware of the social cost. I had some idea what the cost would be before I left, and I have found it well worth it. Al

I recently left Facebook and I am acutely aware of the social cost. I had some idea what the cost would be before I left, and I have found it well worth it. Also, I think the author overstates the amount of event organization going on with young people on FB. I have a 22 year old daughter and I see how she uses FB, and far more often than not events are organized with text messages, and it's iffy whether there's an announcement of FB. More likely a status update during or after the event. I work at a university and was FB friends with some students I work with, and the same trend seemed to hold with them. Young people are comfortable with many different means of communication, and often use one that fits well for their purpose at the time.