From Pen-Friends to Social Media!
When I was young the magazines and Sunday newspapers had columns giving the names, age and addresses of people seeking pen-friends. A close family friend went to Canada to train in nursing administration. On her return she give me the name of a girl who wanted a pen-friend in India. I wrote to her and we corresponded. I would write and post an airmail letter and it would be a month before I got her reply.
Compare that to the virtually immediate contacts among people on today's social media! But the difference was that the contacts were not as casual as on the social media. My pen-friend and I wrote to each other about our school, families, sports and pastimes.
Besides, the social media links can go out to millions.
And that is where we have recently discovered how they can be misused in multiple ways!
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