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To me, this is a valid response. If you can remember back when we as humans used to gather together in public places, we had lots of options on who we talked to at that gathering. If someone always talked about something you just didn't care about, you could walk away and talk to other people. People that you found yourself regularly talking to about things that everyone found pleasant were called friends. People you talked to occasionally were called acquaintances, and people you preferred not to talk to were called many things, but friend was not one of them. If some of your friends like the people you did not, they were called a friend of a friend but you would not refer to them as your friend.

In Facebook, there are only "friends". So, if you don't like what they are always carrying on about, don't have them as a friend. Just like in real life.



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