Jenny McCartney writes in the Daily Telegraph (19 Feb 2011):"In defence of Facebook, its users are often prone to quote its benefits as a means of “keeping in touch”. Yet what is so wonderful about “keeping in touch” anyway, if it means endlessly providing tiny updates on the dull minutiae of one’s life? It is far better, surely, to have a short – or even long – period of benign mutual neglect, before effecting a joyous reconciliation in person. Like any other fortifying spirit, friendship often benefits from a period of distillation."
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