I think the blunt answer is that it's irresponsible to outsource your social life to for-profit companies. It's easy, and it's addictive, and it's not all bad.

I think the blunt answer is that it's irresponsible to outsource your social life to for-profit companies. It's easy, and it's addictive, and it's not all bad. But it's irresponsible. They will change your social activities in ways that you may or may not be ok with. They will treat you like a good to be sold in the most efficient way possible. Basically - These companies treat the social lives of people as though they are cattle, herded around so they see the right ads and sold off or butchered when it's profitable. They care about the cattle only in the sense that they are a means to an end, and that end is profit. There's a place for that kind of efficiency. Human relationships are not that place.