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by danieldon 5742 days ago
Search is practically necessary for using the web. Social networking websites are neither necessary for using the web nor for socializing.
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Yes, true. But, I think, social networking websites was born just due to lacking of social interaction (among real relationships) on web while people was spending more and more time on it for searching valuable information. Facebook just brings social information in real life on web and make social interaction much easier (although I think it only keeps us further away from real life).