Fo-Rum wrote:
I understand, some people I know wont use MSN at all. It's annoying, and these same people also don't use Facebook or other social networking sites. Yet, everyone I know who uses the internet has one thing in common: they have e-mail accounts.
I've never used social networking sites, I can't claim they don't have an advantage over chat services or e-mail. I'm certain they -must- make some things a bit easier, but does it really make keeping in touch that much easier or worth it?
edit: minor typo
It's somewhat like saying that we don't need e-mail since we can easily use the postal service... We know the postal service is slow and people started to prefer e-mail to spread messages faster. It's just the evolution of communication. What Facebook and other sites claim to do is to provide a method of communicating with many different people and managing one's contacts. I doubt people in general are signing up on Facebook only for the games and other time wasters one can find there.
15 Jul 2010, 4:45 pm
