Until a few years ago, you could share your thoughts with only one friend at a time (on the phone, say), or maybe with a small group, later, in person. And when you did, you were talking to specific people, and you tailored what you said, and how you said it, to who they were—their interests, their personalities, most of all, your degree of mutual intimacy.
“Reach out and touch someone” meant someone in particular, someone you were actually thinking about. It meant having a conversation.”
— William Deresiewicz (Faux Friendship)
