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In reply to the discussion: On the Virtues of Facebook [View all]patrice
(47,992 posts)58. I love my more active FB friends. FB gives me a means that allows the luxury of TIME for a
relationship. We can take time to work out what we want to say and from a distance actually helps sometimes to let people think and also consult other resources my means of their computers.
FB creates kind of a safe buffer for me and those others of us who have significant fundamental differences. We can be different and still be friends, because each of us can always return to that interface between us.
Also: Some of the poorest most dis-empowered people I know LOVE FB for its rich multi-media connections to their friends and families and all of the entertainment it provides for cheap.
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Facebook has allowed me to keep in touch with all my friends from Germany for about 6 years now.
underoath
Nov 2012
#1
Put me in the anti-Facebook category. I hate the way it's taken over the internet.
MotherPetrie
Nov 2012
#3
The fact that ten years ago people asked that same question about Myspace?
Posteritatis
Nov 2012
#43
Yes, I agree that is a strange trend, but certainly it is sociological and not
RadiationTherapy
Nov 2012
#8
Why would you feel "compelled" to defend one of the richest companies on earth?
forestpath
Nov 2012
#6
"Rational reasons"? As if it's not rational to not use Facebook. Your condescension is noted.
forestpath
Nov 2012
#14
"leave us alone?" Were you somehow forced to read and respond to the OP? (nt)
Posteritatis
Nov 2012
#46
I have a cousin who has fallen on hard times and cannot afford a cell phone.
RadiationTherapy
Nov 2012
#11
That speaks more about you & your friends than it does FB. You have just ridiculed some
patrice
Nov 2012
#56
I don't particularly like nor dislike Facebook, much as I neither like nor dislike a hammer...
LanternWaste
Nov 2012
#20
My extended family and friends used to have hilarious email threads that went on for days.
morningglory
Nov 2012
#26
Yes, but that is your family moving the conversation to a more public venue.
RadiationTherapy
Nov 2012
#31
Sometimes I am on Facebook, sometimes not. Just like a bar or social club.
RadiationTherapy
Nov 2012
#48
I honestly believe Facebook was a major tool in countering Citizens United this election.
Arugula Latte
Nov 2012
#42
I find the reactions to the site as fascinating as the site itself these days
Posteritatis
Nov 2012
#45
I remember those too. I like the Twitter challenge of being significant & brief. . . .
patrice
Nov 2012
#59
There was a 2-3 month stretch where people were convinced it was a Republican plot
Posteritatis
Nov 2012
#60
FB is a good place to discover the power of courage in your own voice because your name is
patrice
Nov 2012
#54