It's funny that people just can't do things in a balanced way, it always has to be all or nothing. In the past 5 years, I've lived in 5 different cities across

It's funny that people just can't do things in a balanced way, it always has to be all or nothing. In the past 5 years, I've lived in 5 different cities across 3 different countries. My network of friends is very widespread geographically, and I love Facebook for being able to see pictures of my friends or read their random thoughts and what they're up to in life without hassles of long distance calls, scheduling skype sessions, time difference, etc. We often have lengthy conversations through comment threads or Facebook chat. In a way, I use Facebook a bit like a private message board with my close friends and family (this isn't hard for me as I was a big user of message boards as a teenager, so this habit of sharing life with people in a digitally written form is ingrained into me). But I also go out to dinner with the friends in my current city, hang out and go out with them, text/call them to hear about how that job interview went, etc. You can use Facebook in an "socially healthy" way, and not spend hours reading it passively. (I also use Facebook in a semi-unusual way: I have 2 different accounts; one that has less than 50 friends and is not viewable publicly, where I post pictures, ask friends for advice, etc.; and one account with several hundreds of friends that I use as a "public" account. I also have a third account, that I don't really use, as I work a lot with kids and teenagers, and they tend to want to add me— this account is solely for that purpose).