I am trying to convey that the bakery example is really not so different than the Facebook example. Yet the bakery example is laughed at while the Facebook example is taken seriously. Why is that?
There are many “kosher groups” on Facebook which do give a person the opportunity to come “closer to Gan Eden.” I have seen groups entitled “please say tehillim for so-and-so”. There is also a group called “Debating Judaism” which is essentially exactly like this Coffee Room, but with a greater variety of opinions represented.