I think internet can both bring more isolation and more connection with people.
For example,
in London I found an art community of young people only to talk with, and also I found places to play basketball and touch rugby online. I also met several people and also found my flat online, and bought my computer online. Not to mention several gigs I found to go to online, approximately 1 a week. As well old friends from high school, I hadn't seen in the last 7 years, I hooked up with again on facebook, and these were some of the best firends I had.
At the same time, I think you can be really good at online communication, but really bad at the other 90% of social communication (not the words you use). I've found myself with these problems in the past. It's good to use the internet to get to know people, sometimes I've got to know people's real life personalities online much better than I would have in real life..
but you've got to be fully aware where the real world is, and I think those are the pros and cons of internet commmunication.
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