[michaelbuckbee]

I'm not much of a FB user myself, but my wife's auntie (70yo, Filipino, living with us in the US).

- Saw the first pictures of her grandkids on FB

- Organized a school reunion in NY with people flying in from all over the world on FB

- Chats weekly with her daughter working on Singapore over FB messenger

- Writes crazy long prayers for sick friends on FB

- Found former students living locally on FB that she socializes with.

Whether or not FB makes you lonelier or not seems to really be situational and at least for auntie (and many others) they consider it a tremendous positive thing in their lives.

[qplex]

Definitely situational.

Some people have gone to jail for 30 years for liking the wrong post on FB.

Guess that's one way to get lonely.

[sjilo]

Can you give a source on that?

[qplex]

Of course [1].

There have been many similar cases, prison sentences ranging from 15 to over 30 years.

Facebook enables these people to express themselves, but it also helps the authorities to track down anyone who has the wrong opinion. If they really wanted they could do something about it.

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/07/man-jailed-for...

Edit: Here is the story about the single like: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/thai-man-faces-32-years-prison-liki...