But if I lost my FB data now? I'd never find these guys again.
You haven't bothered to copy off important contact data to some personal file? That's crazy.
You wake up one day wondering what happened to Bob, then slowly realize that you'll never see him again. It's a weird feeling.
True. OTOH, when that has happened to me, I realize there's a reason for it.
At 54 I find that a) life is not only short, it's shorter than you think, and b) there's a whole lot going on right now that dwelling on acquaintances lost to the past is probably a waste of time.
[B]y the way, my wife and I are having a competition to see who can get the most friends.
Seems we're very different people, so my anecdotal reflection likely as alien to you as yours is to me.
The purpose of my post was to point out to HN users, some of which may be old cranky guys with too much time on their hands, the way the average Facebook user looks at things.
If you'd like to make it about me, happy to do that. My email is in my profile.
That wasn't my intention, but your post was about you and how you use FB. Just as my response was about me and how I (don't) use FB.
I'm curious to know, though, how anyone can know if they are an average FB user. I know a few people who use FB and they all seem to use it differently. I wonder if each of them think they're an average FB user too.
You haven't bothered to copy off important contact data to some personal file? That's crazy.
You wake up one day wondering what happened to Bob, then slowly realize that you'll never see him again. It's a weird feeling.
True. OTOH, when that has happened to me, I realize there's a reason for it.
At 54 I find that a) life is not only short, it's shorter than you think, and b) there's a whole lot going on right now that dwelling on acquaintances lost to the past is probably a waste of time.
[B]y the way, my wife and I are having a competition to see who can get the most friends.
Seems we're very different people, so my anecdotal reflection likely as alien to you as yours is to me.