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Sociably I do much better online than in real life but I've always thought that was because of my upbringing as GI brat who moved a lot, sometimes overseas......I remember during Covid thinking people were ridiculous "missing" being around people when they could talk on the phone, text, skype - heck, for years at a time snail mail was it for me - I used to draw the outline of my hand on the back of an envelope so my grandparents could "see" me growing.

I do think, however, that overuse of texting, for example, instead of talking with someone in real life or on the phone may make people very much less able to interpret the emotions of others based on sound and expressions. So it's like we are over-connected while simultaneously becoming more disconnected than ever.

your post would be good as a thread on its own