On Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:31:06 -0800, Dan Abel > wrote:

>In article >, Andy > wrote:
>
>> I haven't joined any of the "social networks."
>>
>> Youngsters probably get off on the popularity angle.
>>
>> I don't care to share my private life with unknowns.
>
>Facebook is a way for people who have met in person to keep up when they
>aren't together. It is not a way to meet new people or make friends.
>All of my "friends" (that's a technical term) on facebook are people who
>I have met in person.

That is what I am finding out. Almost everyone that I have listed as
friends, I know in real life. There are only a few that I haven't
crossed paths with yet, but I expect to in the coming years.

Christine
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