[Entaroadun]

Personally, what I'd like to discuss is if there is any moral value that Facebook provides. Does Facebook actually benefit society? (Maybe more precisely we can ask whether Facebook fulfills an aspect of Maslow's hierarchy of needs).

I just keep hearing the word 'value' used over and over here and it frustrates me that it is so often only associated with 'business value' rather than something more morally significant.

[syllogism]

FB is important in letting me keep a full but just-in-time social calendar. I don't want to plan going out a weeknight far in advance, or even necessarily a big night on a weekend. But often I do want to go out. Facebook makes it easier to organise these things at a moment's notice. This is much better than planning ahead, because if you plan ahead you have to keep appointments even if you don't feel like it on the day. So socialising a lot that way gets to be a bit tiring. Doing things on the spur of the moment is better.

For example, the other night a friend hosted a vegan potluck for about 10 people with about four hours notice. That would've been hard to do without Facebook.