I don't think you can even remotely refer to it as a phone book and this is not to be pedantic. With Facebook, you communicate, albeit mostly inane drivel that

I don't think you can even remotely refer to it as a phone book and this is not to be pedantic. With Facebook, you communicate, albeit mostly inane drivel that passes for "thoughts" but you can communicate. In fact, you can use Facebook to whip people into an angry frenzy, directly, rather than just use it as a directory to call people indirectly organize a lynch mob. In some ways, you could say the harassment is actually occurring on Facebook.