Is Social Media really social?

It has been over a year since i blogged. Just lazy i guess. Start of the new year kindled the need to blog. So here i am.
I was listening to the CNN program "Future fast forward" hosted by Campbell Brown. One of the "futurist" on the program talked about how social media brings distant friends together while making close friends go apart. This really got me thinking. It is true, thanks to Linkedin and Facebook i have now managed to get in touch with so many of my friends from school and college. Without social media i am not sure i would have done that. What about the comment on diluting close relationships? I disagree on that. I still do call my close friends on their birthdays to wish them. I just do not post a comment on their facebook.
Maybe it is starting to happen... As they say water water everywhere not a drop to drink.. we may just reach a point where we have friends friends everywhere not a single true friend to help.
Let us just hope and pray that i am wrong (really the CNN commentator was wrong). I want to start this year on a very positive note. Good Luck everyone.!!