Facebook's communication problems

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Social networking websites Facebook and Twitter are changing the way people communicate. We can find out the most intimate details about friends and family whether they want us to, or not.

Welcome to the world of instant media where breaking personal news can be shared on the internet. The cyber age has meant keeping up-to-date with friends and family is only a mouse click away. But not everyone is thrilled with its immediacy.

Megan Gelaburt-McGee, a Facebook user, said, "What happened was we were on our way to the doctors office and he put as a status update Facebook "Brian is on his way to find out what the sex of the baby is" and I was like "do not write anything because we are not going to post it" and he was like 'why not?' And I was like 'I wanna tell our family, tell our friends and not put it up for public announcement before we tell the close people in our life first' and he was like fine."

The couple later telephoned their closest friends about the birth of their first child. Another couple found Facebook to lack the personal touch. Brad Friedman proposed to partner Stephanie Kahn in true, romantic style.