In defense of Facebook

Why I can't bring myself to leave the social network everyone loves to hate

People.
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One evening in early December, when I logged on to Facebook to see what sort of shenanigans my friends were up to, I was smacked in the face with startling news. One of my good friends had died the previous day after a long battle with cancer. It was shocking, especially since he kept his illness hidden from so many people.

I was confused, and the grief was instant.

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Jennifer Connic

Jennifer Connic is a journalist based in Yonkers, New York. She's worked for Storyful and NJ.com, was a founding editor at Patch, and is a believer int he importance of local news. She will forever hold hope the New York Mets will get 'em next year.