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		taligent on Jan 29, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook Isn't Worth It And older people could say exactly the same thing about email, IM and discussion forums like HN. I know far more people who check their email religiously than check Facebook.

acjohnson55 on Jan 29, 2013 [–]

It's funny, but if you read the book The Information by James Gleick, you can see how people thought the exact same things about the telegraph that we do about modern communications technologies, both positive and negative.

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