Week 4: The Hype

I think i'm quite sick of hearing about facebook people seem to have an obsession with it, they are constantly updating their profiles and adding new friends while on the go, which I can't seem to understand. I will be honest and say that I do have a facebook account, because I had to find out what the big hype was all about. But once I signed up I found it incredibly boring because all I seem to do was look at pictures of people which made me feel like a stalker.

So my next question is, Is the internet the only means of a virtual community, or would sending a text or having a conversation with one be the same?