I have some friends who don’t like Facebook or twitter (may be they even hate it). I told them to join several times but they avoided by giving many excuses. I think social media makes communication easier. I only have their phone numbers but sometimes I don’t want to talk to them and still want to communicate. If they had their presence in social media it would have been easier for me to do just that…
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