[jonathanehrlich]

Umm. Really? - the arab spring - a father sharing his son's first steps with the world - learning of the death of an old, lost friend - telling the world you are ok after your hotel has been bombed in Mumbai - watching your nephew learn to ride a horse. - learning about steve job's death and feeling the entire world grieve - discovering a new book to read - trash talking your friends about just how bad the Montreal Canadians really are

Staying connected to the things that matter. Remembering your life.

[schrijver]

The thing is that Facebook doesn’t connect me to things that matter, it just connects me to lots of things. If my best friend would have been in Mumbai, he would have let me know he was fine through other means. If some acquaintance was in Mumbai, if it weren’t for Facebook, I wouldn’t even know they were there in the first place. And I don’t want to! I mean, I really don’t feel the need to know the lives of 400 different people! I don’t have the emotional energy to actually empathise with all of them. If my brother has a kid, I’ll make sure to visit, but I really couldn’t care less about the kids of all these people I met once in a bar.

[lmm]

>If my best friend would have been in Mumbai, he would have let me know he was fine through other means.

Maybe your friend's more technical, but for many people the easiest way to send a piece of information to several of their friends/family at once (at least if it includes a picture or something) really is facebook.