On: Facebook 'boring'? 1 in 3 users are tuning it out

[ryanmerket]

Long distant relationships. My family and close friends are mostly in Texas while I'm in the Bay Area. I like keeping track of their lives...

[moistgorilla → ryanmerket]

Haha, I guess that's the difference, I don't care enough to follow anyone's life.

[ams6110 → ryanmerket]

I use email to keep in touch with family and close friends. I don't see what Facebook would do to improve on that.

[ryanmerket → ams6110]

The friction of sharing and reacting to life milestones with all your friends and family is an order of magnitude easier on Facebook. For example, try teaching a grandparent or technology inept uncle how to see photos of grandkids/nieces/nephews through email vs checking Facebook...

[salgernon → ryanmerket]

My kids grandparents are more appreciative of a photo in a frame or a drawing on the fridge than an image on a screen. Of course they can pick and choose if I chose to post those photos on Facebook, but I also take pleasure in curating and actually spending money to create a print (if I spend money on something, I'm more likely to do a good job.)

[taligent → salgernon]

What makes you think they are mutually exclusive ?

Because I doubt your grandparents are going to be having hundreds and hundreds of photo frames of your kids.

[yashchandra → ams6110]

The definition of "keep in touch" varies for people. If you only use email, you are probably not sharing bulk pictures of family/friends events etc. Why would you use email for that ? I understand that you could get a picasa etc. link in emails but it is easier to use fb. Not to mention the funny comments on pictures.