"...One thing I can do is ask for help. A few weeks ago I needed an old computer, so I asked if anyone I'm connected to is going to throw away his or hers. Within a couple of weeks I've got me a brand-new old-but-respectable working computer. People ask for opinions about products. They ask for help finding a specific song. Social media is a great tool to dip into the knowledge of the many and find stuff where Google is completely broken..."
Social networks are a source of information, not of frinends