[TheSOB88]

I disagree. For me, the only way Facebook helps me socially is as a sort of phone book and with events. Catching up over Facebook seems a useless event compared to conversing IRL. Besides, an inordinate amount of people use it as a game system with a leaderboard. Facebook's value isn't really social at all. It's pseudosocial.

[glhaynes]

You don't personally use it to socialize so you say they don't provide value for the tens of millions who do and apparently get enjoyment from it. ... OK.

[jpablo]

It's the same to me, catching up over FB is crap. But there are a lot of RL social stuff that if FB wasn't there a lot of people would be missing.

[tomolope]

Facebook will get you laid.

Having an iPod.... nope.

An iphone might have done it about 2 years ago.

[eru]

> Facebook will get you laid.

How does Facebook accomplish that? I'd rather count sitting behind your computer as a counterproductive.