[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by rcooled

This facet of FB use (reconnecting with long-lost friends) is always brought up by the faithful in any discussion of the site's usefulness. This seems a bit overblown to me. Since the advent of e-mail, I've hooked up with quite a few people from my past, and at first, it's interesting to see how their lives have turned out. But after sharing some photos and telling your own life story, there's not too much more to it. After the initial flurry of exchanges, most have once again faded back into the past. I don't have the time, or the interest, in keeping up with the goings-on of people I haven't seen in 20 years...unless I'm trying to sell them something.

My real friends I either see in person or take the time to call on the phone. Facebook is an amusement to see what happened to people that I knew at one point in the past. If your only connection to someone is Facebook, they're not a "real" friend. Probably why I maybe visit FB on a monthly basis, if that.