There are certain inevitabilities in life. Finding a spouse or accepting your dream job may result in relocating to a new city or country. Starting a family usually means having less time for friends. Growing distant with some of your old friends and acquaintances is very common. Well, at least it used to be. This scenario usually applies for the digital immigrants.
Digital natives on the other hand tend to maintain their relationships by using social networking sites. It's not uncommon at all to have detailed personal information about someone you knew 10 years ago and haven't seen since. So, having 500 or more "friends" on Facebook is not really an achievement.
Digital natives are very talkative and often times very open to new technology. Trying out new things like Twitter (noted, it was new at one point, but not anymore) and engaging in alternative interaction practices/patterns has changed people and their behavior. Often times to the extent of appearing very humourous to outsiders. The "Twitter Bar" is a satirical representation of "how Twitter may seem like in a real world."
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