Social media has drastically changed over the years. From its early roots in newspaper, telegrams and radio to its current incarnations of television and facebook, there will always remain a need to be 'in the know' about current events, although the actual importance of many of these things remain in question.
Take newspapers, for example. They provided one of the cheapest and fastest ways to hear about current happenings, and although slower by today's standards, it got the job done. Television, by comparison, is an improvement in almost every way, except for the fact that it's been saturated with crap like Jersey Shore and Real Housewives.
Telegrams, in similiar comparison, worked exactly the way they were intended; although not necessarily flashy or overly convenient, they got the message across (no pun intended). Facebook could be considered a newer form of the telegram, except now people simply talk about what they're eating rather than things of dire importance.
Like the saying goes, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it".
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