It&#x27;s definitely possible, and I&#x27;d guess it does enhance for some. But, I don&#x27;t believe it&#x27;s generally the case, as it&#x27;s not a format that encourages it.<p>Instead, I believe it discourages more focused one-on-one relationship-building in favor of a bi-directional consumption model. People don&#x27;t interact as much as publish and consume. Knowing what people are doing is not a real substitute for intimacy, but I think the dependence on FB as the medium tends to relegate people to the former (i.e. just keeping up).<p>In any case, I was responding specifically to an ancestor who stated that he&#x2F;she was having trouble keeping in touch outside of FB. That makes my point: people tend to be so reliant on FB to manage their relationships, that those relationships evaporate sans FB to the point that people don&#x27;t even communicate! But, of course, while on FB, people don&#x27;t generally have meaningful, in-depth conversations.<p>That pretty much says it all, as it doesn&#x27;t leave much space for real relationships. Not saying this is absolute, but that it is a net negative.