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Online platforms are not a substitute for real, in-person friendships. I forget the researcher who coined the term AI for "artificial intimacy": when you've got
by hn_throwaway_99 2y ago
Online platforms are not a substitute for real, in-person friendships. I forget the researcher who coined the term AI for "artificial intimacy": when you've got 1000 "friends" on social media but nobody to feed your cat when you go on vacation.
- irjustin 2y agowell it's not to say you can't have intimate online relationships. Plenty of WoW groups from back in the day.
- wiseowise 2y agoHow many of those translated into long lasting, healthy real life relationships?
- wink 2y agoCan only speak for myself but I have several groups of people I've met online 10 or 20+ years ago, chat with online ranging from daily to weekly, and about half of them I meet in person once to several times per year. No clue if it's objectively a healthy relationship, but I'd say so. Obviously I'm not young anymore, and it should not matter I'm not in the US - but I don't see a meaningful difference here, because whether you can form these types of relationships today is a different question.
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