If one always ate at the same table -or worse, if one always conducted one’s social affairs before a mixture of acquaintances, no matter how close- it would either be generic or a kind of talk show! Facebook is a public space into which we are encouraged to pour our private selves, but at least it is clear what the benefits and drawbacks might be: we might learn of new music, new cultural artifacts, or new bits of history; we might find that old enemies have changed, or that acquaintances who seemed nice are berserk and weird. It’s not unlike a bar, then, and bars have their uses.