Social Media = More Social...Is it true?

[Nonik]

It's sad to say, but YES. Socmed DO made us less social sometimes.

You don't believe it? Maybe you think "how could this happens?".

Or worse, you ALREADY become one of "less-social community" BEFORE YOU even REALIZED it.
This ironic phenomenon happens at where I lives, and maybe in your place too.

Maybe you just never REALLY SEE your surroundings because you're too busy with your own socmed to take a glance.

Starting from now, open your eyes and check out what REALLY is going on in our society.

Now, people meet their friends in the cafe but in the end each of them hold their own phone.

Keep busy to check their chat, status, notifications, and etc.

While there are "REAL" friends in front of them that do the exact same thing which actually you can chat with them directly.

Have you ever encounter something like this? Or maybe you've experienced it?

Ironically, it happens with family too.

There's so much parents that busy with their chat app while their children play game with another phone.

Even though they on the same table waiting for their food in a restaurant, but they didn't have a conversation one with another (husband-wife, parents-children, family talking).

Do you remember when there's not a lot of socmed like these days? What did you do when dinner-time come or there's family gathering at your home?

Whether socmed make you less social or no is depend on the way you use socmed in your life.
If you let socmed replace your communication in real life then it will made you less social.

ONE THING we could DO for sure is don't let socmed "bring close" people that far from you, while "take away" people near you.

It's SO PATHETIC to see people more care about their "CYBERSPACE" chat than their "REAL LIFE" chat.

[oddwaffle]

There is something you have been mistaken. Cyberspace or not, they are both REAL. There is a real person behind those text. There are real feelings and emotions. You can get hurt. You will lose your time and money. You will have real consequences.

A long time ago, once you leave your village, you would be like dead to them. You would have little to no contact to them. Not until people start sending letters but you would still be very very distance.

Nowadays, because we are too close to our physically distance friends that we seem like we are distancing our physical friends.

[Nonik]

Yeah. But if you start to not pay attention to those REAL people who in front of you JUST BECAUSE you're too busy with your socmed, that will be a problem.
I saw this happening several times. Some teens or youths gather together in a cafe and when they together, each of them busy with their own phone rather than talk with each other.
I mean, come on. What's the point of being together when at last you don't talk with each other?

[oddwaffle]

Everyone are equally real. What matters is that some people are more important to the person than others.

People often associate being physically close together matters more than being emotionally close because it is really really hard to be emotionally close without being physically close. However, we are looking at a new generation where people are more connected to each other through a different type of communication.

There was a scifi short story about how people would live inside their own little room and communicate through devices. People would never need to leave their own room and would feel strange meeting other people. Personally, I think if that's how we're going to evolve then that's going to be our future whether the current generation likes it or not.

[Betwyn]

it is and isn't true. in varying degrees.

I do think, it plays a huge role in how many people lack in-person social skills.

and, I do think, while with "social media" we are more social over all.. it is a much more superficial level of socializing.

[Nonik]

Yeah. It helps people who lack in-person social skills and those who introverts too, indeed.
But if you addicted to it like checking notif every minute and more concerned to your socmed than REAL friend in front of you, that will be the problem.

[brocha]

This is a really good take. Well said, well written, and spot on.

Agreed. Think who are actual friends of the 1000s of people on fb who are on your list. Who actually bothers to contact you and be there for you? Those are actual friends. Not some people who randomly one day like or dislike a photo.

Also I think if you only keep in touch with people on fb and don't phone or text them or see them in real life, then that's pretty poor.

Very well said take author, well said!

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[Pinkbeauty]

it's sportive true I do seem to be a little more socail online but much because I'm super shy and in real life I can be shy and socially awqward in real life too but when I go online it helps me to get away from reality and resintly when I went on younow younow added a camera icon that's video chat were u can talk to people face to face through video chat and u can see there faces like on Skype but I haven't tried on younow yet

[rjroy3]

It makes me less social with strangers "sometimes", but not with women/friends/family. The people I text most of the time are the people I give my full attention when I'm in the room. Texting is second. But honestly if I'm interacting with people, in person comes first unless I was having a serious text convo when they approached me.

[ThisDudeHere]

In my case it is true - I'm probably more social online than in real life -__-

[Phoenix98]

I prefer real life socializing to be honest *shakes head* no one knows how to socialize face to face anymore, it's slowly but surely becoming an lost art as sad as that sounds.

Also you might want to improve your grammar a smidgen.

[Anonymous]

I think this is a great take and it ha true 💕

[Opinion Owner]

It is

[Nonik]

Thanks. :)

[Opinion Owner]

You're welcome

[SIGguy]

Your grammar is atrocious.

[thewanderingme]

yea, but he's right.

[SIGguy]

@thewanderingme I don't mean to nitpick, it just stands out for me.