i feel like i do get social contact from FB but my flist is very carefully cultivated to be people i actually know in person and i unfollow whenever it seems called for. the problem with FB is that it isn't necessarily a good way to have a conversation with anyone but the original poster--you're never sure who's seen what, when.

i have some social contact here and on LJ (the same stuff from me, but some people never moved over from there) but i can't say that i'm using it the way i used to where i engaged in more conversations with people i didn't know. it really is a journal for me--a good way to keep track of things i do so i can remember when x thing happened. the social contact is welcome but at this point i'd keep doing this even if no one ever commented.