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So is the internet a new age "pit of despair"? Is there enough social interaction for children these days or do they replace it with WOW and other "almost" soc

So is the internet a new age "pit of despair"? Is there enough social interaction for children these days or do they replace it with WOW and other "almost" social situations?

philk 16y ago
I'm not sure that those two situations are in any way comparable.
- rdtsc 16y ago
  Actually the point was that lack of direct social contact leads to depression. Interacting with people though a digital interface also probably leads to a similar, albeit not drastic, of an effect. Personally, even though I have access to more people and more information over the net, I am less social and that does have an effect on my mood. I have to make an effort to spend face-to-face time with family and friends to become "normal" again. (By "normal" here I just mean "not depressed"). Digital interface just doesn't cut it, there is some physical aspect to the interaction that cannot be transmitted even through a video conference. Anyway, I don't have anything to support this, just a personal opinion.
danfitch 16y ago
Wow, I was just asking a question not making a point. I think that it is fair to do that.
- almost 16y ago
  No, you were making a point but you phrased it as a question, which is annoying. That added together with the inanity of said point (my opinion, but probably one I share with others) caused one person (not me) to mod you down.
  - danfitch 16y ago
    I guess I was making an unintentional point, but mainly I was trying to ask others their opinions. I don't play alot of online games or use facebook but my wife and others around me are always online and they are taking up alot of the time that they could be actually socializing by looking at pictures on facebook of someone who they went to high school with that they haven't talked to in 10 years, and even then they weren't friends.

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So is the internet a new age "pit of despair"? Is there enough social interaction for children these days or do they replace it with WOW and other "almost" soc

by danfitch 16y ago

So is the internet a new age "pit of despair"? Is there enough social interaction for children these days or do they replace it with WOW and other "almost" social situations?

philk 16y ago
I'm not sure that those two situations are in any way comparable.
- rdtsc 16y ago
  Actually the point was that lack of direct social contact leads to depression. Interacting with people though a digital interface also probably leads to a similar, albeit not drastic, of an effect. Personally, even though I have access to more people and more information over the net, I am less social and that does have an effect on my mood. I have to make an effort to spend face-to-face time with family and friends to become "normal" again. (By "normal" here I just mean "not depressed"). Digital interface just doesn't cut it, there is some physical aspect to the interaction that cannot be transmitted even through a video conference. Anyway, I don't have anything to support this, just a personal opinion.
danfitch 16y ago
Wow, I was just asking a question not making a point. I think that it is fair to do that.
- almost 16y ago
  No, you were making a point but you phrased it as a question, which is annoying. That added together with the inanity of said point (my opinion, but probably one I share with others) caused one person (not me) to mod you down.
  - danfitch 16y ago
    I guess I was making an unintentional point, but mainly I was trying to ask others their opinions. I don't play alot of online games or use facebook but my wife and others around me are always online and they are taking up alot of the time that they could be actually socializing by looking at pictures on facebook of someone who they went to high school with that they haven't talked to in 10 years, and even then they weren't friends.