London: German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said that Facebook is “nice to have…like a decent washing machine” but cautioned that it “won’t make you happy in life”, The Independent said.
Merkel mused about the social network while speaking at a church in Stuttgart on Saturday during a Protestant congress.
After speaking about online privacy, a question from a young boy was posed asking whether Merkel liked Facebook.“It’s nice that we have it — it is nice like having a car or a decent washing machine,” she said to laughter and applause from the audience, according to the DPA news agency.
More than one million people “like” Merkel’s official page but her comments suggested she considers few of them close. “It’s not as if Facebook will make you happy in life.” Merkel said Facebook was an asset for contacting people but it was better to meet up with friends in real life to socialise.
