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See You on Facebook?

Posted February 12, 2009 8:14 AM

It seems to be the thing to do: get your own Facebook page and then you'll automatically be in a community of like-minded individuals. They will share their thoughts and experience with you and enrich your life with knowledge that benefits your career and life style. But can these new acquaintances in cyber space — people you have never met — replace having real friends who know you personally and take an interest in your life?

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Moose Guru Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2929 Good Answers: 23	#1 Re: See You on Facebook? 02/12/2009 8:52 AM
	FYI - There is a CR4 group on Facebook, if you'd like to join.

april05 Power-User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Troy, NY Posts: 346 Good Answers: 3	#2 Re: See You on Facebook? 02/12/2009 11:46 AM
	Hi Moose - No, Facebook can't replace real-life world friends, but it can help facilitate a "re-connect" with with friends and work colleagues you've known in the past. After joining Facebook a few weeks ago, for a pretty narrow purpose - to explore family ancestory - I discovered many of the folks I went to high school with - Guilderland H.S. class of '84 - were active there. These folks went on to go to good colleges in the U.S. and Europe, and have prominent positions in their communities. So I'm a fan, at least for now. :) - Larry __________________ Follow Larry Kelley --- on Twitter: http://twitter.com/Larry_Kelley --- and on CR4: http://cr4.globalspec.com/search/sitesearch?do=show&us=15248&srchobjs=t,be

Bala Pullat Associate Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Chennai India Posts: 34	#4 In reply to #2 Re: See You on Facebook? 02/13/2009 5:29 AM
	I agree with you Face book surfs cannot replace real life's sacrificial fallouts __________________ Always for M O R E Knowledge

Epke Guru Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Japan Posts: 1717 Good Answers: 11	#3 Re: See You on Face-book? 02/12/2009 10:51 PM
	Network site are great for well Networking and getting in contact with like minded people, also i am member of a Dutch networking site (Hyves) and it is very handy to use for keeping contact with my family and re-connecting with lost schoolfriends, coleagues and so on __________________ From the Movie "The Big Lebowski" Don't pee on the carpet man!

rlindey Power-User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: CT Posts: 151	#5 In reply to #3 Re: See You on Face-book? 02/13/2009 6:30 AM
	I too recently joined Facebook in order to keep tabs on what my kids are doing. As a lark I typed in my l;ast name for a search and found that there are quite a few relatives on the site that I never knew about. While I will most likely never meet these people it is a lot of fun and truly interesting to correspond with them. So yes I am a fan of facebook Bob

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