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Before cell phones, people were forced to see each other more ;)

We post our lives on social media, but that is no replacement for real conversation and getting together

I've wondered occasionally if the proliferation of the social media can make people more lonely than they might otherwise be. It's easy to look in on other people's lives which they are portraying as involved and exciting and all their 'contacts' or 'friends' and feel that your own life doesn't measure up, particularly if you are having a hard time connecting off line as well.