This is what FB has pushed all along iirc, or at least it's the argument I've always heard, and only recently (I'm 31) have I noticed that this is really what I use it for. It's fun to see pictures from a friend's vacation in Vietnam, or to read that so-and-so-who-I-like-but-not-enough-to-regularly-call got a new job or got married or something. It's bizarre, but
> Now we may grow up and stop caring about that sort of stuff, but I think it will take more than a few years.
...I only seem to care more over time, which is weird. I shouldn't discount making-more-interesting-and-smart-friends and the 'unfollow'-or-'hide all from foo on my newsfeed' features though.
This is what FB has pushed all along iirc, or at least it's the argument I've always heard, and only recently (I'm 31) have I noticed that this is really what I use it for. It's fun to see pictures from a friend's vacation in Vietnam, or to read that so-and-so-who-I-like-but-not-enough-to-regularly-call got a new job or got married or something. It's bizarre, but
> Now we may grow up and stop caring about that sort of stuff, but I think it will take more than a few years.
...I only seem to care more over time, which is weird. I shouldn't discount making-more-interesting-and-smart-friends and the 'unfollow'-or-'hide all from foo on my newsfeed' features though.