Posts on social media claim that 3G was introduced in 2003, the same year as the SARS outbreak, 4G was introduced in 2009, the same year as the swine flu outbreak, and that 5G was introduced in 2020, the same year as the coronavirus outbreak. The claim implies the telephone networks caused these outbreaks, with overlaid text reading: “I dare anyone tell me this is a coincidence”.
She’s a Farcebook friend. I met her in the mid-'80s. I think she’s a niece of my best friend’s late stepfather. Or something like that. (Actually, I haven’t talked to my ‘best friend’ in years, since he went over to the dark side.)
It’s amusing when she tries to troll me or whatever, and there are other people who get some lulz from our exchanges.
A ‘friend’ on facebook is someone you have told Facebook you have a connection with. Your settings allow your posts, photos, etc to be treated differently if somebody is a ‘friend’ or not. E.g., if you don’t have publicly viewable posts, you still usually allow your ‘friends’ to see them. Or you can allow only ‘friends’ to reply to your posts. Etc
But if someone says, “I was talking to my friend” - do you make any assumption as to whether this is someone they actually have some relationship and history with? Or do you figure it is just someone you’ve agreed to be linked to on FB?
In my communication, if I meant the latter, I think I would call them a FB friend. (Of course, who am I to talk, as I only have 15 or so FB “friends.” Almost all siblings/kids/nieces-nephews, with only a couple who are real life friends.)
I would probably use the same word for both contexts interchangeably, but that’s more reflective of how selectively I use social media than indicative of how loosely I use language.
I’ve never been on Facebook either. When the activities director takes pictures at events around The Home to post on the organization’s FB page, she knows not to include me in any of them.