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How about a simple rule of thumb: you have to actually meet or talk with a "facebook friend" (every month or more) or else delete/unfriend them. If after a few
by Over2Chars 2y ago
How about a simple rule of thumb: you have to actually meet or talk with a "facebook friend" (every month or more) or else delete/unfriend them.
If after a few months you have zero "facebook friends" nuke the account.
Internet updates are no substitute for good old meat space.
- EmmEff 2y agoIt always shocked me that isn’t the way for all. When I was on FB, I only friended people that I “knew” in real-life. I guess that’s why I only had a handful of friends :)
- mariusor 2y agoTell me you're young without telling me you're young. Friendships are more than just meat space meetings. Children, moving countries, crazy work schedules are all reasons that can prevent you being in the physical presence o your friends. Does not seeing them for years at a time make them less friends? No, not to me.
- physicsguy 2y agoThere's a degree to how much you continue to engage with people once they've made that decision to leave though. Once someone's on the other side of the world, you're not keeping the friendship up by viewing their Instagram/Facebook posts, it's a totally one sided consumption unless you continue to speak to one another at least semi-regularly.
- mariusor 2y agoI somewhat agree, but that does not require face to face interaction in my opinion, which was parent's thesis I was arguing against.
- Mashimo 2y agoHe said meet OR talk. I think if you don't talk to someone in a few years it makes them less of a friend.
- Over2Chars 2y agoExactly, have a video call even!