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haifagirl
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do you or anyone have any proof how good it is?!?!?

Shortly after I started using Facebook I looked up some relatives, found them, and “friended” them. Most of these people I hadn’t seen nor talked to in many, many years.

I had an aunt and uncle to whom I was very close. When I was a child and my father was sick, they were like a second set of parents to me.

When they became very sick and passed away, the only one who kept me informed was one of their grandsons with whom I had started corresponding on Facebook. Prior to that he and I hadn’t spoken in probably 20 years.

He and I have become quite close and he is even coming to EY to visit in a few months. This never would have happened without Facebook.

Maybe that isn’t proof, but to me it’s a good enough reason to stay on Facebook.

If my rabbi would tell me to stop using it, I probably would. But he would have to stop using it first!