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In reply to the discussion: Facebook in storm over Cambridge Analytica data scandal [View all]Boomer
(4,168 posts)Facebook makes it easy to keep with long-distance family and friends. I've found it invaluable in getting to know my cousins in Mexico, as adults, not just the children I met four decades ago. It's the trivia of our everyday lives that helps me learn the music they enjoy, their politics (left-leaning), our shared love of dogs and cats, our sense of humor in what makes us laugh.
Same for other friends who live too far away to visit. I keep up with what's happening in their lives, trade quips and anecdotes, get a real sense of their personalities.
Ideally, I'd live in the middle of family and friends and wouldn't need the internet to make those connections. But not all of us have that luxury. I'm fairly isolated geographically, very isolated socially, and FB has been invaluable in keeping social connections, actually made them stronger, that I would probably have lost if we had depended on letter writing.
For all its faults, I'd be sorry to see it go.