Mobile phones gave us information about our friends right now.
The internet gave us information about everything, across all time and all places (barring the disconnected and undiscovered.) And that includes all information about our friends that they share. Often it's what they are doing in the moment, with hints about who they are, how they live, what they believe and enjoy.
Before the internet, all of this information was an infrequent but novel discovery. Often, it was personal and unique. Now, the world is homogenized, and discovery is constant, but trivial.
The internet gave us information about everything, across all time and all places (barring the disconnected and undiscovered.) And that includes all information about our friends that they share. Often it's what they are doing in the moment, with hints about who they are, how they live, what they believe and enjoy.
Before the internet, all of this information was an infrequent but novel discovery. Often, it was personal and unique. Now, the world is homogenized, and discovery is constant, but trivial.