>I have exchange student friends from all over the world and I would 100% lose contact with them if I left certain platforms/apps.

Then those folks aren't your friends. Feel free to disagree (as I'm sure you do), but if such folks actually gave a rat's ass about you, they'd use one or more of the dozen or so other ways to stay in touch should you leave such social media sites.

I can't (and wouldn't pretend to) speak for anyone else, but I want to be around folks who want to be around me. And not all of those.

tl;dr: If someone's "friendship" is contingent on the use of a particular website/app, then they're not really your friend.

I definitely disagree with you and you're being extremely condescending, patronizing and dismissive. Have some respect. You have no say in who my friends are and who cares about me. You have no knowledge about that. They definitely do care about me and I definitely do care about them.

I think you live in some kind of bubble where people have more choices than they do. You also forget that your friends would stop visiting you if they couldn't drive, even if bus, train and walking were available. That's just the way things are. People have lives and limitations, and that doesn't make the connections or exchanges between them any less valuable to any party.

>I definitely disagree with you and you're being extremely condescending, patronizing and dismissive.

Yes, we do disagree. But there's no reason to attack me for not agreeing with you.

I don't know you and don't care about you (except in a general, wishing all sentient life a positive experience, sense), nor do I care about your friends or family.

I related my experience and the views those experiences have engendered in me.

There was no intent to be any of the things you ascribe to me and it appears that you take offense to my point of view. Fair enough.

And since I want to be around folks who want to be around me and you're clearly not one of those, we can avoid the dishonesty of false pleasantries (which, it seems, you've already decided to do) and get on with our lives.

I wish you a good day and much success in whatever endeavours you undertake.

I mean, you were being a bit condescending? You're also quite wrong, in that you define "friendship" in a very strict way that doesn't comport with how other people use the term. It's quite possible to have friends that aren't close friends; people whom you have fun with, whose lives you would prefer to be able to know something about, but whom you wouldn't go out of your way to keep up with if it became inconvenient. These people still count as friends.

To put it another way, I have family I would lose touch with if I left Facebook. They're still family and I would still prefer to know if they graduated college or got cancer or died. Same with friends-who-aren't-close.

>I mean, you were being a bit condescending? You're also quite wrong, in that you define "friendship" in a very strict way that doesn't comport with how I use the term.

If we're diving to /. depth here (as you seem to want to do), I'll go with it.

There (see above). FTFY.

I’ll be honest, I’m not sure what you mean about “/. depth”, but fair enough.

>I’ll be honest, I’m not sure what you mean about “/. depth”, but fair enough.

/. == slashdot.org noted in the last decade for shallow discussion, infighting and poor quality discourse.

Hence the "FTFY."

Not attempting to continue our disagreement, just clarifying my earlier post.

Have a good day!

>They definitely do care about me and I definitely do care about them.

If you care so much about each other, then why would you lose your friendship if you dropped facebook?