Technology’s Impact On Friendships

The very language of friendship, for instance, is changing right beforeour eyes. Facebook has convinced us that “friend” can be a verb, oftendeployed in the imperative mood (“Friend meon…”). Apps have elevated the number of friends above the quality offriendship, displaying the tallies for onlookers to admire, one’s(envious) friends especially. As more than one observer has noted,“Friends used to be counted on; now they are counted up.” – H