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Nowadays more people are choosing to socialize online rather than face to face. Is this a positive or negative development?

#people #face #development
In
the
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recent
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years
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year
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 more and more individuals
prefer
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have preferred
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 to meet virtually
instead
 of
in person
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 meetings. In my
opinion
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 I think that
this
 trend comes with negative repercussions. The main argument in favour of my opinion is that it develops a feeling of isolation among individuals. Before the Internet facility
people
 were
out going
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 and outspoken. They were used to
go
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 out and
meet
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 their friends and relatives but now they are staying home and chatting online,
this
 resulted in deteriorating the quality and depth of relationships, which leads to isolation.
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 younger ones try to contemplate the seemingly perfect life of others online, which is not always true, sometimes they think why they are the only ones suffering and
this
give
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 birth to feelings like envy,
insecurity
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and insecurity
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 and they feel low self-esteem .
On the contrary
,
the
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technology mediated
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 interactions
has
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 broken down
the
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geographic barriers,
people
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and people
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 with similar interests, can connect all around the world. With
this
 they can
builto
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build
built
 and polish their skills and socialization has helped in promoting diversity and inclusion. Nowadays more
people
 are respecting each other and understanding different cultures without any predefined norms.
Hence
,
internet
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the internet
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 or social platforms are powerful
source
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 of social change.  All said and done,
although
this
 development has positives like connecting and breaking cultural barriers
,
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because
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people
 are losing social empathy and
quality
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the quality
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 of relationships.
Therefore
, I see
this
 advancement as a negative impact.
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