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I facepalmed when I read that "not going to delete FB because" sentence. How about that thing called e-mail? If keeping someone's e-mail address and firing a message every now and then is too much hassle, then that person was not worth keeping in touch with in the first place.

FB has turned people into needy Rolodex hoarders.

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If/when I move a bit farther from my immediate family, I'll consider setting up a WP blog for catchups and family chat. That way you get to share stati and pics, comment on them, discuss, on top of all, you get RSS and other niceties.

I know a lot of people who only check their email when they have signed up for a service. Beyond that "email is for spam". Admittedly these people aren't on Facebook either (they have an account because "you have to").

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