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Re:What will kill Facebook? by greyman on Wednesday December 15, 2010 @08:27AM (#2007991)
Why you mean by "quit your friends"? About 50% of my friends are not on the Facebook, and I communicate with them using phone, email, or directly meet them. The same with the folks who are on FB...I usually reach them by other means, anyway.
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Re:What will kill Facebook? by whatusername on Wednesday December 15, 2010 @06:09PM (#2010229)
Really? For me it's down to <10% Friends. (Maybe 50% of family when you count aunties/uncles) And aside from 3 people I don't remember the last time I got an email from a friend. FB Messaging / wall posts own that space completely.

Obviously sms still has it's place (ie- want a response in the next 10 minutes rather than the next 24 hours) and nothing can replace in-person communication -- but FB is doing a damn good job of replacing my electronic communication.

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