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It can still be a more-true-than-false generalization. Most of what we can claim is limited to generalizing.
by khyryk 14y ago
It can still be a more-true-than-false generalization. Most of what we can claim is limited to generalizing.
- Karunamon 14y agoIt's that generalization i take issue with. The communication medium you use to talk with your friends doesn't have all that much correlation between how close of friends you are. Distance, time, and other concerns would rank much more highly than facebook vs something else.
- nathan_long 14y agoI would say that real friendship requires intimate conversation - discussing things that you wouldn't share with just anyone. This is what separates friends from acquaintances. Intimate conversation, by definition, must be (or at least feel) private. So if you communicate with someone face to face, by phone, or by email, you may maintain the feeling of privacy necessary for real conversation. I'd allow that "private" Facebook messages might serve the same purpose. Wall posts, however, could not. Everything is said with half a mind to how everyone else will read it. That's only part conversation; the other part is performance.
- AznHisoka 14y agoI agree. Email, IM's do not replace face to face contact. We're biologically wired for those type of interactions, not online ones. It's a true generalization, even if there are exceptions.