To think that being part of Facebook means people have totally lost the art of communication?

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Got an invite to join facebook, so curiously accepted. Joined. Now I'm being bombarded by people who have been too f'ing lazy to contact/ call/ visit me since birth of ds2. Somehow technology seems to completely disregard basic manners. Not sure if i want 'put a message on x's wall'or have a game of scrabulous with people who celebrate their IQ (how modest!) yet lack certain skills. What do you think? Or maybe it's me just being plain old fashioned......

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Perhaps you should have ignored the invitation to join?

These people had abviously already lost the art of communication...

Thanks to facebook they now have a quick and easy way to say hi and show they're thinking of you...

I know exactly what you mean. A friend of mine stopped calling me last year and it wasn't until I texted her that she told me she was halfway through her third pregnancy!
When she had her two I sent flowers and cards and bought babygros and went to see her quite a lot. When I had my second I got nothing from her and she didnt come and see me at all. I got a message on facebook recently asking me to ring her and go and see her!! Like I haven't got anything to do myself!

'obviously'

Perfect for when you live over the other side of the world & cannot 'visit' tho!

I've found loads of people I lost touch with over the years, and none of them have kids!!

think facebook is one of those sites where it's easy to find people you potentially haven't spoken to for a while or don't generally get the chance to talk to.

In a way I think that all internet communication has limited our ability to communicate in the real world and that includes postings on here and similar forums.

But as long as you don't take it all too serious I don't really see the harm?

Reflects RL though doesn't it? I have facebook friends I see regularly, others less often, some old faces from the past who I'd otherwise lost touch with. Just like I have friends not on facebook who are useless - it's the people who are to blame, not the medium.

They're arsed now - what more d'ya want? ;)