
Deborah Tannen: ...about women's friendships
Nobody Told Me!
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The Importance of Staying in Touch on Social Media
I think it's wonderful how much the ability to stay in touch by all these platforms creates more connection. I don't think it's the end of friendship, but it does open the door to friendships with people that are very distant. It means they're gonna keep friends from high school when they go off to college or keep friends from where you live before when you move to a new city. They have less motivation, perhaps, less need to reach out and form close friendships in the new place because they still have the old ones.
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