[baguasquirrel]

It is antisocial to forsake speaking with your friends. Speaking directly is a medium of communication, as is Facebook. You can argue about the cost/benefits of each, and claim your way is the better one, and this would constitute a lack of empathy, a lack of sympathy, or both.

Now don't get me wrong, I don't claim to have been much better.

And FWIW, I've observed the same effect for quitting WoW. Once I did, a whole class of friends stopped talking to me.

[apotheon]

If someone told me he was getting rid of his cellphone because it was costing him too much money, time, whatever, I wouldn't leap to the conclusion that he's just snubbing his friends. If you would, I think you have some antisocial issues of your own.

> And FWIW, I've observed the same effect for quitting WoW. Once I did, a whole class of friends stopped talking to me.

They're jackasses if that's really the reason they stopped talking to you -- unless WoW is all you had in common with them, in which case I don't understand your problem. I find it difficult to believe you're honestly defending that kind of behavior, if they were supposedly real (not just gaming) friends.