Facebook for friendship

Jolie

I don't see any reason to exclude my friends from Facebook, especially since I speak to them offline most days anyway. But Facebook gives us a common place to talk online.

11 years ago

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Mostly I use facebook to promote my sites. Sometimes I do ping my friends and relatives, but I still find telephonic conversation to be more real and effective. So, you can I say I don't use fb mainly for friends

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angie828

I have many friends on facebook. I love chatting with them but if I feel the need to call them I will.

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gamer

A call is 100 times better than text chat. One reason, is while we talk our expressions are much more clear and there is feeling of direct connection with the person whom we are talking. It is not the case with chatting. Also, chatting is one way in most situations. That is we ask questions and wait for answers, but while talking we are different !

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forever love

I live in a very small town without many local friends, so it's nice to meet people online at Facebook (either old friends that don't live close or new people) and talk with them. Otherwise it could be very lonely.

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shek

I've two accounts in facebook. One for personal and close friends. Another for only promoting my site or my client sites ;)

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gamer

I live in a very small town without many local friends, so it's nice to meet people online at Facebook (either old friends that don't live close or new people) and talk with them. Otherwise it could be very lonely.

Agree. But make sure you don't spend too much of time FB. Otherwise you might get addicted to it.

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Beverly

Agree. But make sure you don't spend too much of time FB. Otherwise you might get addicted to it.

Back in the day when I owned a Runescape clan, we had a clan group on Facebook. And, most of the members were on the FB group too. So I had to keep Facebook up most of the day, posting for our group and keeping everyone updated on our clan activities. Now I don't really use Facebook very much socially, except occasionally for games and chat.

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Gjeloise

I don't use Facebook for friends. If I need to speak to a friend, then I will just go see them or call on the phone. Putting Facebook between me and my friends is only a barrier to real friendship. So I don't use it for that reason.

That's easy to say, if you grow up in a hometown and live there your entire life. But what if you move across country and leave your friends behind? Won't you spend a lot of money calling friends? And, email is really not a good way to communicate. Facebook chat works better.

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MikeQ

I use Facebook to connect my college friends, family and friends who are in other countries, this is really amazing seeing all your friends at one place.

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gamer

Back in the day when I owned a Runescape clan, we had a clan group on Facebook. And, most of the members were on the FB group too. So I had to keep Facebook up most of the day, posting for our group and keeping everyone updated on our clan activities. Now I don't really use Facebook very much socially, except occasionally for games and chat.

So, what happened to that clan ? Is it still ran by somebody ?

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blueeyes

I use mine for chatting with family and friends. For me since we are all so busy it is just much easier to quick hop online and chat than to pick up the phone and call them.

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tacitinc

I started my first facebook account because of an ex girlfriend - forgot i had it for a few years then had to delete the original due to the girl i dated after the one who made me get the facebook to begin with - she was a crazy stalker lol - so I made a new one later when I was bored and connected with a ton of people from high school I hadnt spoken to in forever and people i missed from LA - its great for that - but im not a status junkie or anything, i dont even browse the wall lol

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gamer

I use mine for chatting with family and friends. For me since we are all so busy it is just much easier to quick hop online and chat than to pick up the phone and call them.

I'm confused a bit here. You chat online and then pick up phone to talk with them ? Why would you do that?

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Beverly

So, what happened to that clan ? Is it still ran by somebody ?

One of my noob accounts owns the clan, but it's since gone inactive as I don't play on that character anymore. It doesn't matter now; the clan had become a full time commitment. I would prefer to focus my full time energy on my family and my job, so it's OK.

I started my first facebook account because of an ex girlfriend - forgot i had it for a few years then had to delete the original due to the girl i dated after the one who made me get the facebook to begin with - she was a crazy stalker lol - so I made a new one later when I was bored and connected with a ton of people from high school I hadnt spoken to in forever and people i missed from LA - its great for that - but im not a status junkie or anything, i dont even browse the wall lol

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That can be a tricky situation, when you have friended a romantic partner on Facebook, especially when the relationship breaks up as you'll usually share friends on your friend list. So you're likely to end up seeing them on Facebook anyway.

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angie828

I'm confused a bit here. You chat online and then pick up phone to talk with them ? Why would you do that?

I think that you misunderstood her. She said that she thinks it is easier to chat online than to pick up the phone.

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Beverly

I think that you misunderstood her. She said that she thinks it is easier to chat online than to pick up the phone.

And, isn't there a way to use Facebook video chat? I've used that before with one of my Facebook friends. I didn't like the video quality as it was too laggy for my computer.

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tionna

I do not like to chat on the phone so I much prefer FB.

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gamer

And, isn't there a way to use Facebook video chat? I've used that before with one of my Facebook friends. I didn't like the video quality as it was too laggy for my computer.

Maybe it is because of bandwidth issues. I did video chat on few occasions and I didn't noticed any lag.

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Beverly

Maybe it is because of bandwidth issues. I did video chat on few occasions and I didn't noticed any lag.

Some of my friends are on Skype and we've video chatted before and they never complained about laggy video. Maybe Facebook plug in is not compatible with my computer. As you say, could just be bandwidth issues; I could upgrade to faster internet.

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Minolta

Facebook is OK for friends. Though I don't hang out there talking with friends much. I would rather call a friend than talk to them on Facebook.

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ralph101

I find it a great way to catch up with friends and family. I have found a few school mates that I lost contact with and it has been fun catching up with them.

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Briggs

A call is 100 times better than text chat. One reason, is while we talk our expressions are much more clear and there is feeling of direct connection with the person whom we are talking. It is not the case with chatting. Also, chatting is one way in most situations. That is we ask questions and wait for answers, but while talking we are different !

There are so many ways to misinterpret a text as you are just dealing with words. And, more often than not, you will get a 'what do you mean by that?' comment back when trying to be funny. For that reason, simply calling rather than messaging a friend on Facebook is the ideal solution.

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Riley

I do not like to chat on the phone so I much prefer FB.

Facebook chat is a more convenient option, especially since most people will be multi tasking and can simply pick up your message on their mobile and respond in that way, rather than picking up the phone to speak to you when they might otherwise be in a conversation with someone else.

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Beverly

There are so many ways to misinterpret a text as you are just dealing with words. And, more often than not, you will get a 'what do you mean by that?' comment back when trying to be funny. For that reason, simply calling rather than messaging a friend on Facebook is the ideal solution.

I've seen this happen online too. It's hard to know when someone is being funny or having a really bad day. And, assuming they are joking is worse, especially when they are serious. The emoticons don't really help soften the blow, if someone online is being insulting, even in a sarcastic way.

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kaleemahmad1

I don't chat on Facebook only I am Using For Working

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Beverly

I don't chat on Facebook only I am Using For Working

Sometimes, this is the best solution as Facebook can be a real time drain. Best to keep things on a professional level.

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Justin

Maybe it is because of bandwidth issues. I did video chat on few occasions and I didn't noticed any lag.

If you are using an older computer, that can affect your ability to stream online very quickly as you have an old or outdated processor.

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aayatzohra07

facebook is my friends list and communication forum.
facebook is best for life

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dragonhunter95

I did not have lot of contacts when i was leaving, the schools,, But I feel Fb made us closer

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Jagger

Facebook chat is a more convenient option, especially since most people will be multi tasking and can simply pick up your message on their mobile and respond in that way, rather than picking up the phone to speak to you when they might otherwise be in a conversation with someone else.

Slowly but surely, we are all losing contact with each other, due to technology.

Maybe sometime in the near future, it will seem weird to actually talk to other humans. We will all be texting each other from our little room cubicles and avoiding all human contact. Maybe this seems far fetched, but it's real life now for some people who spend most of their lives online.

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Yzabel

Slowly but surely, we are all losing contact with each other, due to technology.

Maybe sometime in the near future, it will seem weird to actually talk to other humans. We will all be texting each other from our little room cubicles and avoiding all human contact. Maybe this seems far fetched, but it's real life now for some people who spend most of their lives online.

Actually it's been that way for many years now, with some people barely talking to another person all day long. That's how it is when you work online or work a solitary job, such as the night shift.

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Corzhens

I created an account in Facebook to connect to my circle who are residing far from where I am. It is my way of updating things with them when I post a recent photo or tell of my activities. Mutually, that’s also what I read from their posts. Facebook is one way of getting in touch with relatives and friends so even if you do not see each other, you are still updated with what’s happening to them. In fact, this Christmas season, we had sent some gifts to those in the provinces. We didn’t get to see them in person but they surely appreciated what we had sent them. That’s just to show that Facebook is not only for posting or messaging.

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Facebook for friendship