The joys of the e-grapevine

Social networking sites are great in some ways for catching up with people, but often it seems that instead of talking to friends and family about what’s happening in their lives, you find out via the news feed on Facebook. I found out recently that my brother and his family are moving to a new house via my sister-in-law’s updated status on Facebook. It seems a little odd to hear family news this way and makes me feel somehow disconnected from it all. It might be an easier way of updating people, but I think I prefer old-fashioned phone calls.