Today's society relies on technology for too many things that are not necessary. Instead of the human contact and face-to-face interactions and communication that have been used since the beginning of human existence, communication has become strictly email and network based. There is no human contact that ensures an individual has the support and love that accompanies the Greek term Philia, meaning friend. Without the human contact that should come from friendship, it is not certain with what intent of the context one is supposed to interact. Technology becoming increasingly manipulative in its uses diminishes the conception of Philia, unaware of whether it is authentic or falsely recognized. The use of technology regarding friendship is not all bad, there are some positive aspects, but it continually blurs the lines of what friendship is or is not, thus resulting in devastation similarly caused by a chimera all interior of Greek mythology. Philia as understood by the Greeks ceases to exist, is no longer represented by emotions but rather by emoticons, and technology transforms its understanding from physical to platonic. “The idea of ​​friendship in ancient times could not have been more different. Virgil's Achilles and Patroclus, David and Jonathan, Nisus and Euryalus: far from being ordinary and universal, friendship, for the ancients, was rare, antecedent and hard-won” (Deresiewicz 2009, 2). True friendship includes depth and love that cannot be received through a computer screen, but its accessibility allows for immediate and accessible communication. Technology, especially social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and many others, contribute to a certain type of effective communication. ....middle of paper ......has been manipulated countless times leaving little acknowledgment of the truth that the Greeks had established. Thanks to technology the true meaning of friendship has been lost with too many clicks on the "accept friend" prompt. Works Cited Deresiewicz, William. "Fake friendship." Chronicle of Higher Education 56, no. 16 (2009). Heller, Agnes. "The beauty of friendship." The South Atlantic Quarterly, 1998: 4-22.Marshall, Michael. "Facebook is good for you." vol. 201. n. 2698. March 7, 2009.Pashenkov, Ann. "Facebook doesn't kill friendships, people do it." Christian Science Monitor, 2009: 9.Simpson, Michael. Gods and heroes of the Greeks: the Library of Apollodorus. Amherst:University of Massachusetts Press, 1976.Weimann, Gabriel. "Terror on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube." The Brown Journal of WorldAffairs 16, no. 2 (2010): 45-54.