I don't use Facebook personally. My wife and family use it quite heavily, and I've seen the interactions on it. Those relationships you think you're keeping a

I don't use Facebook personally. My wife and family use it quite heavily, and I've seen the interactions on it. Those relationships you think you're keeping alive by staying on Facebook are not worth keeping, generally. I graduated before social networks were a thing, but I distinctly remember having groups of friends at school who just didn't matter much outside of it. I'm 30 now and only keep in touch with two people from HS. They were my best friends at the time, and have largely stayed that way. When I am trying to find someone to hang with, I just call or text them. There's no back and forth online with everyone watching our conversation, liking or commenting on it. There is no judgment. My wife has almost everyone from high school added as friends on Facebook, but when it comes down to finding a real friend when she needs one, not a single one of them are there. Sure, they'll like a status or comment on something she writes, but none of it means anything. It saddens me that people feel like they NEED these relationships that would naturally disintegrate without online networks.