Nowhere in the comment is it suggested to "abandon" anything entirely In fact the suggestion is not to abandon the bulletin board in the student center As usu

Nowhere in the comment is it suggested to "abandon" anything entirely In fact the suggestion is not to abandon the bulletin board in the student center As usual, there will be HN replies that adhere to "all-or-nothing", "black and white", etc. thinking, e.g., believing there is an "either-or" choice between use of a computer system and another method However it's possible to use a bulletin board in the student center and a computer system. This is not an either-or choice, there is no requirement to choose one or the other For example, getting contact details from the bulletin board then using a smartphone to make a phone call or send a text message, using a laptop to send an email, etc. Further, there is no suggestion in the comment that one or the other, bulletin board in student center or computer system, is without benefits In fact, the comment suggests the bulletin board is useful: "It works" The question raised by the comment is whether the benefits of sending data to a remote third party, namely a "social media" company, outweigh the costs ("hassles") This is obviously more narrow than "using a computer system". We can use computer systems without involving "social media" companies