I agree with you; it's one of the reasons I don't like Facebook very much. How can anyone really know a couple hundred people really really well? It doesn't make sense becauase you can't. It's busy work and boring... at least, on lj people are constantly posting new and interesting things to read...not their latest drunken photos.
I view Facebook as a wonderful tool for keeping track of people that you've known for a long time, but aren't really friends with. (It's extremely helpful in sending birthday messages, especially when said 'friends' keep changing their email addresses!) Or to keep in touch if they're living in an area without phone service.
Still, the best indicators for friendship is how much you're willing to invest in it, as in actually go hang out somewhere in person or to pick up the phone to chat. That's not to say that people can't become friends online, but it's much harder and requires steady contact over a long long period of time. That's not easy to do, especially on the world wide web.
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Date: 2008-10-19 06:34 pm (UTC)I view Facebook as a wonderful tool for keeping track of people that you've known for a long time, but aren't really friends with. (It's extremely helpful in sending birthday messages, especially when said 'friends' keep changing their email addresses!) Or to keep in touch if they're living in an area without phone service.
Still, the best indicators for friendship is how much you're willing to invest in it, as in actually go hang out somewhere in person or to pick up the phone to chat. That's not to say that people can't become friends online, but it's much harder and requires steady contact over a long long period of time. That's not easy to do, especially on the world wide web.