Comments on: I Have 284 Friends http://jessesutherland.com/thoughts/i-have-284-friends/ Jesse's Thoughts, Design, and Photography Fri, 23 Sep 2011 21:42:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Andrew Niese http://jessesutherland.com/thoughts/i-have-284-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Andrew Niese Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:33:00 +0000 http://www.jessesutherland.com/thoughts/i-have-284-friends/#comment-30 I was thinking the same thing lately. You hit the nail on the head. I was thinking the same thing lately. You hit the nail on the head.

]]> By: Sarah Barth http://jessesutherland.com/thoughts/i-have-284-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Sarah Barth Sun, 16 Mar 2008 06:42:00 +0000 http://www.jessesutherland.com/thoughts/i-have-284-friends/#comment-29 i was actually talking with anne durand about facebook this last week. i did purging of my accounts (removed friends i don't talk to) within the last two weeks. the people i removed were people from high school that i have not talked to since graduating, or since becoming "friends" on facebook. i don't feel the need to be friends with them on facebook since i didn't feel the need to talk to them in all these years. honestly i'm not really that interested in what they are doing because i have friends from college i can barely maintain contact with, and they are not that interested in what i am doing based on their lack of contact. i think facebook is useful for providing a connection between you and someone who used to be a friend, but due to life's circumstances have grown apart. the friend is not someone you want to stay in weekly or even monthly contact with, but at the same time not someone you want to let go of completely. i was actually talking with anne durand about facebook this last week. i did purging of my accounts (removed friends i don't talk to) within the last two weeks. the people i removed were people from high school that i have not talked to since graduating, or since becoming "friends" on facebook. i don't feel the need to be friends with them on facebook since i didn't feel the need to talk to them in all these years. honestly i'm not really that interested in what they are doing because i have friends from college i can barely maintain contact with, and they are not that interested in what i am doing based on their lack of contact. i think facebook is useful for providing a connection between you and someone who used to be a friend, but due to life's circumstances have grown apart. the friend is not someone you want to stay in weekly or even monthly contact with, but at the same time not someone you want to let go of completely.

]]> By: Christopher Kuales http://jessesutherland.com/thoughts/i-have-284-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Christopher Kuales Sat, 15 Mar 2008 10:40:00 +0000 http://www.jessesutherland.com/thoughts/i-have-284-friends/#comment-28 hey jesse,<br />interesting thoughts there. i've been wondering myself about what that facebook thing really does... i guess it gives you the impression that you could potentially stay connected to people more easily. but as you said that way you'd really lose contact with the 'real world'. <br /><br />funny thing, though, that you posted this on facebook ; )<br /> hey jesse,
interesting thoughts there. i've been wondering myself about what that facebook thing really does… i guess it gives you the impression that you could potentially stay connected to people more easily. but as you said that way you'd really lose contact with the 'real world'.

funny thing, though, that you posted this on facebook ; )

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