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If they are actually your friends, you have their phone numbers. If not, they aren't.

I don't have my uncle's phone number, because I'm in the US and he's in Australia and it's costly for me to call/text it. I keep in touch with him via Facebook primarily.

Be careful conflating "I don't do X" with "no one does X".

All methods of communication would suddenly disappear if Facebook goes away.

Right, that's my point. Then you aren't close.

If you were, you'd have his imessage / whatsapp. Facebook is a 3rd tier form of communication for a reason.

With all due respect, you have no clue if we’re close.

FB Messenger is just fine. It has the same features as iMessage and WhatsApp, and plenty of folks use it as primary comms.

I should qualify my statement by saying this rule is true for younger generations. Boomers use FB messenger as a primary communication tool, you're right.

I'm in my 30s and this is true as well for my generation. Messenger/WhatsApp.

Are you like 60 years old?

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