I think the burden of proof is on the author of: > Yet what, in our brave new mediated world, is friendship becoming? The Facebook phenomenon, so sudden and fo

I think the burden of proof is on the author of: > Yet what, in our brave new mediated world, is friendship becoming? The Facebook phenomenon, so sudden and forceful a distortion of social space, needs little elaboration. Having been relegated to our screens, are our friendships now anything more than a form of distraction? to show he is not technophobic. Similar missives have been written for each generation. So I am skeptical and don't think he met that burden in this article.