Who here relies on Facebook to communicate with friends and family and why?

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 19:54:22 -0500

Whatever happened to picking up a phone and dialing a number. Same goes to txting?

Response by SGM Matthew Quick made Dec 5 at 2013 8:24 PM

SGM Matthew Quick — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 20:24:10 -0500

Gotta adapt to the times...

I use Facebook because it's constant availability, ease of use and, well, everyone's on it.

You can communicate with more people at once and it allows for constant interaction; even with people you may not normally have communication with.

For important stuff, I use the phone (or drive/fly).

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 5 at 2013 8:36 PM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 20:36:51 -0500

It is an easy way to communicate with our family and friends who are spread out all over the world.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 5 at 2013 8:42 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 20:42:44 -0500

I guess im just old school lol when it comes to this whole technology and stuff.

Response by SSG Laureano Pabon made Dec 5 at 2013 8:49 PM

SSG Laureano Pabon — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 20:49:12 -0500

I use Facebook, to make time pass, even though the majority of my family members are their, I use it to keep in touch with many people I work I work with and to find out what's on the schedule the next day. But my enjoyment is WAR Commander.

other then that it's RallyPoint for me.

Response by LTC Joseph Gross made Dec 6 at 2013 7:13 AM

LTC Joseph Gross — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 07:13:23 -0500

I still pick up the phone and dial a number but long before FB, I also wrote letters and enclosed photos. Was there something wrong with that? Fact is FB and other media make it easier for us to do the things we always did when serving overseas or just away from home. It is just another way of staying in touch. I also Skype and Face Time.

Response by Cpl Glynis Sakowicz made Dec 6 at 2013 7:42 AM

Cpl Glynis Sakowicz — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 07:42:48 -0500

I rely on it a great deal to stay in touch with friends and family. I am better at words than I am with talk, so I find it easier to communicate in a written form, besides I have a strong Texas drawl, and most of my relatives tend to keep asking me to repeat what I said for some reason... I don't think they speak "Texan."

There is also the problem that most of my good friends are far out of state, some out of country, and I really don't like those terrifyingly high phone bills one gets when they call Okinawa or Iraq.

Response by Cpl Ray Fernandez made Dec 6 at 2013 4:21 PM

Cpl Ray Fernandez — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 16:21:21 -0500

It's fast cheap and easy, plus there are certain people that you love as family, but can't stand to be around so it allows a bit of a filter/barrier to avoid any issues. Also it allows great flexibility, if you are say on the otherside of the planet, and are living on different schedules you can have a message delivered that will be readable by the person when they get a chance instead of calling at odd hours of the day or night, or paying for international texts.