Friend – it’s a simple enough word, but what it conveys means such different things to different people and in different situations. Take Facebook, for example. There, the word ‘friend’ simply means someone who you know, to all intents and purposes. I’m not saying I don’t like anyone among my Facebook friends (god forbid, I’m that shallow), just that it’s […]
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How to rile friends and alienate them forever*
The answer to the title of this post is, of course, have kids! Spotted this great piece on Monday at work and then Clair reminded me of it in her post. The thrust of the article (if you can’t be arsed to read the link) is that having kids really shows up the cracks in your relationships with your friends, […]
Read more‘Remove as friend’ – the ultimate social snub?
I discovered today that I have been the recipient of the ultimate social networking snub – someone who was previously my Facebook ‘friend’ has removed me from his roster. I found this out by total accident, when I saw this person’s name in a list of someone else’s friends and it told me I could ‘Add to friends’. Clearly, this […]
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