The thesis or main claim in the essay “With Friends like these…” by Tom Hodgkinson is that we should reject Facebook. He strengthen his claim by saying that Facebook’s motto was to connect people, but he counter argues it and states that rather connecting more people together, Facebook is separating people. Hodgkinson also gives reinforcing examples when he states that people on Facebook creates a stronger sense of competition. People can create a profile by posting pictures or liking different stuff to make them more appealing to others. He is basically saying that we create an edited version of ourselves. Another claim he made was that people now days feel popular by having more Facebook friends. Hodgkinson also gives example of actual articles