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.

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These days, there is an increase in the number of
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who make interaction on the internet
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shopping or communicating with colleagues,
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of interacting with other
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. In my view, it is convenience that encourages
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to do almost everything online.
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is a negative impact which can affect our social lives in the long run. On the one hand, the main reason for these
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is ease and flexibility, so it makes
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do a variety of activities on the
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.
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, cyber-shopping provide many option of products that
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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.
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, meeting someone on the internet is preferred by
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because there are introverted
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who feel safe and comfortable when they communicate with other friends on social media.
On the other hand
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, the negative effect
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these
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may harm
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in the long term. To illustrate,
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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.
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, if these
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are prolonged to do by
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, it will reduce their health level as they seldom do outside activities.
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,
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who prefer to communicate with friends on social media may lose their social lives in the neighbourhood, and
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lose their communication skills to make
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relationships with others. In conclusion, nowadays
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who like doing most of their activities in the virtual world may find it difficult to start
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relationships, and feel any health problems
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if these
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are prolonged. I believe
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issue must be aware by each
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due to
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the negative effect in the long term.
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