In message , at 14:13:46 on Fri, 19 Jul
2019, Anna Noyd-Dryver remarked:

Facebook is a great way of keeping up to date with friends and
acquaintances who I don’t see for years at a time and don’t have any need
to communicate with regularly on a 1-to-1 basis.

There's also the bods one has never met (but might do one day).

Joking apart, Facebook has sufficient critical mass, and manages to keep
kooks out successfully enough, that it's possible to link up with people
who are almost famous in their day jobs (and will never have heard of
Usenet; nor if they had, be the slightest bit inclined to join in).

It’s also great for
discussions between like-minded individuals on specific topics - rather
like Usenet was back in the day, except that discussions can be controlled
by group admins and trolls can be blocked!

And a refreshing difference between Facebook and moderated Usenet is
that you don't get infantile trolls running around trying to find
"teacher" to complain to if their crap gets rejected. Or moaning about
"freedom of speech" if blocked.
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Roland Perry