People nowadays prefer to interact online (e.g. do shopping, chat with friends) rather than talking to other people face-to-face. What are the reasons for this? Is this a positive or negative development? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

These days, there is an increase in the number of
people
who make interaction on the internet
such
as
,
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shopping or communicating with colleagues,
instead
of interacting with other
individuals
in
person
. In my view, it is convenience that encourages
people
to do almost everything online.
However
,
this
is a negative impact which can affect our social lives in the long run. On the one hand, the main reason for these
habits
is ease and flexibility, so it makes
individuals
do a variety of activities on the
internet
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.
For instance
, cyber-shopping provide many option of products that
people
can observe what products that suitable for them since they do not need to go outside and spend a lot of time buying some goods.
In addition
, meeting someone on the internet is preferred by
individuals
because there are introverted
people
who feel safe and comfortable when they communicate with other friends on social media.
On the other hand
, the negative effect
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these
habits
may harm
people
in the long term. To illustrate,
individuals
who frequently buy something or chat with some friends in the virtual world and rarely go outside which go outside makes them do some exercise and direct interaction.
Therefore
, if these
habits
are prolonged to do by
people
, it will reduce their health level as they seldom do outside activities.
Moreover
,
people
who prefer to communicate with friends on social media may lose their social lives in the neighbourhood, and
also
lose their communication skills to make
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person
relationships with others. In conclusion, nowadays
people
who like doing most of their activities in the virtual world may find it difficult to start
in
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person
relationships, and feel any health problems
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if these
habits
are prolonged. I believe
this
issue must be aware by each
person
due to
the negative effect in the long term.
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