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by sametmax 3269 days ago
I don't know any people around me that have facebook that don't have another way to be reached. So there is something else that makes you stay.
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godelski 3269 days ago
I'm not sure why you're being downvoted.

I'm in a similar boat. That's just how a lot of people I know communicate. Sure they have other ways to communicate, but they don't want to.

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zimpenfish 3269 days ago
There's a large number of people on Facebook that I interact with that I don't have email / sms / whatever for. There's also a non-negligible number that I'm happy interacting with on Facebook but not on anything more personal.
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sametmax 3269 days ago
> There's a large number of people on Facebook that I interact with that I don't have email / sms / whatever for.

You can ask said email/sms/whatever. If the communication matters, you should have them anyway. If not, then those persons are not that important.

> There's a large number of people on Facebook that I interact with that I don't have email / sms / whatever for.

There you go ! Here is one of the other reasons that I stated before. Not the "those people I can only reach through facebook" bullshit.

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zimpenfish 3269 days ago
> If the communication matters, you should have them anyway. If not, then those persons are not that important.

Oh, I'd agree they're "not that important" but that doesn't mean "...and therefore I should cut them out of my life."

> Not the "those people I can only reach through facebook" bullshit.

It's not "bullshit" just because you disagree.

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