Somebody wrote "I had a friend back in Columbus who didn't use Facebook and that made it easy for people to forget to invite him to things." The uninvited person didn't just sit at home staring at a wall. He probably hung out with the people he spent time in-person with
Yes, of course he was doing
something with his time, and he made the best choice of how to use that time given what he knew. Moving forward, however, I think it is plausible that, in learning of the existence of the party, he may have decided that he'd rather have been at the party instead of whatever else he was doing.
while the Facebook people were interacting through screens, thinking how social they were with so many friends they rarely saw in person.
misrepresentation much? I agree that doing friend stuff IRL usually builds stronger relationships than doing friend stuff over the 'tubes, but I thought we were talking about the use of Facebook as an event planning tool. For meeting in person. Given that, I don't see the difference between inviting people to an event via Facebook, email, texting, or a phone call, in terms of one being any more "real" than the others.
Many people think Facebook is more convenient than the others, and so choose that as their tool. I have little to no control over how someone else plans their stuff, so, knowing that I may want to go to whatever they're planning, the most productive thing for me to do IMO is to make myself available via whatever medium the event planner may choose. If that requires spending two minutes a week on Facebook, I think that's worth my time.
Of course I welcome your thoughts as to why I should still quit, given the above. I'm going to guess it has something to do with quitting Facebook leading to finding new friends who more closely share my values, but I also like surprises.