Actually, I was with twin brother, Paul, and Lucy in a Deal pub a week or so ago, and we were sitting around a table, all social networking on our respective hand-held devices, making minimal conversation with each other, apart from the occasional "is it my round"? The irony was not lost on us.
There is good and bad in such things.
You should maybe try it for a week or so, Mince. It's so simple...
1) Make some friends.
2) Join Facebook