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Originally Posted by theinfamousj
It isn't necessarily. It is just one option among many.
However, if most of the people I want to communicate with are on Facebook and they don't or won't check their email, then sending an email doesn't actually accomplish the job of communicating anything with anyone.
You fit the tool to the job at hand.
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This.
I have only a few friends on Facebook. One, my son who is across the US from us and in the military, isn't much of a communicator. He hardly ever thinks to call home, so seeing his FB postings let us know he's alive and well, and just getting on with things.
Another is my daughter. She doesn't post a lot of personal stuff on FB, but just broke up with her fiancee, a guy she's been with for five years. We've talked in person and on the phone, and at this point she's all talked out about it. By her FB postings I can see she's getting out again with friends, and healing. I can relax.
For the others, nice to see what people are up to without having to drag up a conversation is great. Some of them I'm not really that close to, but do want to know what their kids are up to. I don't want to email or call, because they tend to dump hours of their life on you if you give them a chance. I don't care *that* much, so a FB note I can safely ignore is more than enough.
Like anything else, you have to tweak FB to how you want to use it. Don't post what you don't want to be public. Don't add everyone on just for high numbers unless there's a reason you're interested in that person.
It's a tool. Tweak it to your own advantage.