The word friend has become muddy during the last 10 to 20 years. As defined in the Oxford language Dictionary, a friend used to be someone we had interest in common with or a shared history apart from romantic or family connections. Now it has come to mean not only that but often someone added to a list of contacts associated with a social networking website. We see those we are connected with on social media as friends, whether we know them in real life or not. Often not. These friendships are often shallow and fleeting.

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