Comments on: To Twitter, To Text, yet Fast From FB… http://www.lily7.com/consider-lily/social/to-twitter-to-text-yet-fast-from-fb/ L7 Chats Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:42:57 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: sally http://www.lily7.com/consider-lily/social/to-twitter-to-text-yet-fast-from-fb/comment-page-1/#comment-523 sally Sun, 29 Mar 2009 14:38:19 +0000 http://www.lily7.com/consider-lily/?p=303#comment-523 Sorry to confuse - I didn't mean to imply that we should sacrifice quality and depth of friendships for the sake of tallying up more friends! What I meant to, but didn't quite, say was that the mentality of "quality over quantity," while admirable, can get dangerously close to an overly exclusive mentality - "you're not one of my close friends, so back off buddy, I'm developing community here." As a Christian, I'm convicted that we're supposed to be welcoming, hospitable, and open to the people God brings into our lives. My point was that, though quite possibly an easy way to end up with a thousand acquaintances and no true friends, facebook can be useful for making people feel welcome in our lives, ideally leading into developing a real friendship with them. I won't defend the aspect of facebook that lets me see an old friend's baby pictures, though! Sorry to confuse – I didn’t mean to imply that we should sacrifice quality and depth of friendships for the sake of tallying up more friends! What I meant to, but didn’t quite, say was that the mentality of “quality over quantity,” while admirable, can get dangerously close to an overly exclusive mentality – “you’re not one of my close friends, so back off buddy, I’m developing community here.” As a Christian, I’m convicted that we’re supposed to be welcoming, hospitable, and open to the people God brings into our lives. My point was that, though quite possibly an easy way to end up with a thousand acquaintances and no true friends, facebook can be useful for making people feel welcome in our lives, ideally leading into developing a real friendship with them. I won’t defend the aspect of facebook that lets me see an old friend’s baby pictures, though!

]]> By: Jimbo http://www.lily7.com/consider-lily/social/to-twitter-to-text-yet-fast-from-fb/comment-page-1/#comment-522 Jimbo Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:19:27 +0000 http://www.lily7.com/consider-lily/?p=303#comment-522 "Its quite simply not true that “more is more” when it comes to friends. Sorry girl, but quality irrevocably trumps quantity." These are wise words. “Its quite simply not true that “more is more” when it comes to friends. Sorry girl, but quality irrevocably trumps quantity.”

These are wise words.

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