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How social media can replace deeper connection with shallow interaction

My best friend and I used to talk for hours but now we just send each other memes and I miss who we used to be together.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The convenience of digital gesture can gradually substitute for the effort of genuine encounter.

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“Where Are You with Social media and loneliness?”

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