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In reply to the discussion: Do you think facebook makes society worse? [View all]PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,811 posts)It mainly depends on how you handle Facebook.
I am glad for FB for things that are highly personal, and allow me to be in contact with others who matter to me. How can I say this? When my son died more than four years ago, it was Facebook that got the news of his death to his friends. And enabled the planning of a memorial in his community.
Around 200 people came to that memorial. Most of them would not have even been aware of his death without FB. Honestly, it was a wonderful memorial. We held a raffle of his various possessions, which turned out to be joyous. His many t-shirts, most of which were from the various Ultimate Frisbee tournaments he attended, were well received.
Without Facebook, it would have been a vastly lot longer for his many friends to know he had died.
This is why I am a fan of FB.