Would you still stay in touch with your freinds if Facebook didn't exist?

There are some friends that I probablly would lose touch with because they are from elementary school or work and we don't communicate otherwise. But of coarse not the good close ones.

I wouldn't stay in as close contact with many people. My important friends, of course, but the people from my Purchase days or high school no I wouldn't probably talk to them. Facebook has given me back a number of friendships that I thought were long gone. That's why I think Facebook is fabulous. On the downside, it can also bring people back in your life who you were very happy to have discarded. It's a balancing act like everything else.

If facebook does not exist, I would love to get in touch to as much friends as I would now, but I dont think it would have been possible. The social networking sites help me find and be seen by friends from way back to new acquaintances. I guess if facebook was not born, then I could have found most or some of them through friendster, plurk, tumblr or multiply.

Yes, I believe so. There are other means by which I can connect with my other people. :) My friends and I are not limited to facebook for there are also other social networks by which I can connect with my friends. I believe that connection and communication would be difficult if the internet did not exist.

hi ruchimom! well, social sites are very helpful when it comes to connecting people. it's what they were made for. and i think it would be very hard to stay in touch with friends if they were not made. thank you web masters!

I probably wouldn't talk to any of these people if there wasn't a facebook. life changes and the past stays with the past sometimes, depending if you have a really good friend. I have a couple of really good friends that I still talk with but even with that we don't really talk that much. I guess the internet have changed the way we communicate.

Before when I was not aware of facebook I only keep in touch with my friends. I usually get their cellphone numbers and text them just to stay hi. But now I really enjoy facebook because it really helps me chat with my old friends and get to meet them.

Before Facebook, I would only use email to keep in contact with everyone. When I joined Facebook, I found all these people from my past . . . and it's been great keeping in contact with them all - in one place - so I don't have to email each person individually. It's been cool to keep in contact with everyone, but it's not like they've all been indepth communication. Sure we see updates and comment on them, but that's not necessarily "personal". I've reconnected with a lot of people, but that doesn't mean we're totally friends again. No, I probably would not stay in touch with many of my Facebook friends . . . I can't say what percentage of them, but a good many.

Facebook is really great. I can honestly say, "No" I really would not stay in touch with my college friends if facebook really did not exisit. It is a great way to network and meet people as well. I really am thankful for facebook because it is a clean and nice way to interact with others, especially people you know. It would have been really hard for me to find those people or even remember those people names if facebook did not exist. It is good to put a face with a name. Because often times I can remember the person name, but cannot remember the person's face. Exspecially since I do not see them everyday or did not socialize with them all the time. It is also good to see how you touched someone's life, but did not know it.

To be honest, it depends how good friends we were. With facebook and any other social networking sites I can stay in touch with absolutely everyone, whether they are really good friends or whether i just talked to them once and never again. Without facebook, it would certainly be a lot harder to catch up with old friends. And as a result, more friends would be lost because there may be no time or for whatever reason we don't speak pr meet up. So yeh, thanks facebook :)

oh yes but to be more frank Facebook is of great help as it helps me to be in contact with how far away from me without any issues,its of use for me...if Facebook didn't exist i would thought twice to get connected to my friends as would have to pay for it man...........

Hello ruchimom. Well it depends, if facebook didn't exist everyone would probably resort to another social networking website. But if no social networking website existed, then many of my friends (especially those which i made when i was abroad) would be long forgotten. As for the friends in the country where i live in, always. Even if i didn't want to it would be hard to forget friends from your area. Especially since i live on an island not more than 28 km in length by 20 km high, it's hard to forget friends :P.

I would still stay in touch with my closest friends, we can use cellphones to connect with them. Besides, i am sure that you just want to know only info from your true friends. Facebook and the like are just bonus for us to stay connected with not that so-called friends.

[b][/b]Personally, I dont think I would talk to about 850 of my friends & family if facebook wasnt around. It is to hard to talk to so many people on the phone when your overseas or even at home. Facebook is great to organise events with friends and for social catch ups ! It is really hard to talk to 900 people on the phone !

Honestly, without Facebook I would not stay connected with some of my "friends." I would still like to though. I don't just accept friend requests from strangers, just those that I would like to stay connected with. I am really happy that it is there though. I don't live within my home country right now and love having Facebook to stay connected with so many people who are close to me as well as those people who I normally wouldn't see on a regular basis.

For sure there will be something that will sprout in the net that will replace facebook. In fact, it was friendster that introduced me to social networking then Facebook came into existence. I seldom use friendster now and shifted to Facebook already. If there comes a time that Facebook would lose its popularity I am pretty sure that there will come a time that a new social networking site will emerge out there. As to staying in touch, I think I can still use email as a means of contacting them.

Why not? I think facebook is just a platform for us to make friends from each other. The final purpose is to make friends. If one day Facebook doesn't exist, we also can keep in touch with our friends by any other means such as msn or email and so on. Do you agree with me?

I don't think I would be able to keep in touch with many of my friends with out facebook. I have found so many I had lost contact with. Old school chums. And lots of cousins that I hadn't seen in years. we have been talking lots now thanks to facebook. but even with out it- I probably would not contact them much.. It is just easier when you are online at odd hours and you see that your friend is too- you can IM them and talk or send messages. But I work 3rd shift and all my available hours are odd. So I wouldn't call people at the hours I am awake.. :-)

I am a real homebody, but keep in touch with friends all over the world via Facebook. I am really glad to have this facility, as without it I would not be able to "talk" to friends who have emigrated. So I, for one, am in favour of them.

It would be hell without facebook...no contacts of ur old friends.....spending alot of telephone bills to contact any of our friends..now v are using the facebook chat...sharing pics and many more...