Nowadays, the way many people interact with each other has changed because of technology. In what ways has technology affected the types of relationships people make? Has this become a positive or negative development?

With the development of
technology
,
people
have more ways of communication ,
such
as telephones, social media... It is true
that is
the positive development and
also
which affected
people
contact
friends
, doing work easily. The most popular way has
technology
affected is that
people
have more chances to make new
friends
.
For example
, nowadays many
people
like
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the
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games online. So
them
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though
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the games realized many
people
from different places.
This
increases the chances of making some
friends
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who have
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the same interests and ideas
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yourself. The other way has
technology
affected is that
people
could contact
friends
and families convenient.
People
don’t need to write
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letter
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or call them inconveniently like 20 years ago. We have many apps
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know their recent life,
such
as what’s app,
instagram
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. When we
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them,
also
can call them
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the video. We don’t
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worry about distance anymore. Including, if there are very important things that need to be understood
face
to
face
, video call is a good choice to clearly understand the situation at that time.
Although
the benefits of new
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of
technology
are so many. It
also
has some drawbacks that one of
it
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is
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people
uncomfortable
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with others with offline communication. Because
people
rely on online social networking, they reduce
face
to
face
communication with others in real life. So they don't know how to communicate with
people
offline.
This
is
also
a problem in today's society.
People
often speak on social media, but in
reality
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they dare not talk to others.
However
, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. In the process of development, some problems can not be avoided.
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  • technology
  • interact
  • relationships
  • connectivity
  • communication
  • online
  • face-to-face
  • friendships
  • romantic relationships
  • family dynamics
  • positive
  • negative
  • development
  • effects
  • formation
  • ease
  • impacts
  • communities
  • connect
  • interaction
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