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Facebook and the Meaning of Friend
Friend: the word already covered a pretty broad semantic piece of ground. Then came Facebook, and it made the term even more nebulous.
I have 38 friends on Facebook - including my two daughters, a couple of other relatives, former co-workers from past jobs, some high school friends I haven't actually seen since Carter was President, some colleagues I work with in cyberspace (but will likely never meet), etc. They're my "friends."
Pamela Newton had an entertaining piece recently on friendship and Facebook. She looks at the question: "What is a Facebook friend really worth?" She puts the question in an emotional context (which is probably appropriate for talking about actual friendships). And she comes up with one of the best descriptions I've every heard of what good Facebook really is.
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