U.S. teens are spending less time with their friends in person

Re:U.S. teens are spending less time with their friends in p... by trhway on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @08:52PM (#19497309)

>It’s hazardous and frankly inhuman to boil down human interaction into metrics like “number of participants.”

the tech today allows to for example easily and frequently Skype with your family, like parents, sibling, nephews residing on the other continent. A humongous improvement compare to previous modes of expensive international phone, especially when many of those participants didn't have a phone back then. What is inhuman here?

It also allowed for communication like we have here on HN. Before, it would be limited to just watercooler chat with colleagues at work with very limited exposure and exploration of genuine opposite/conflicting opinions, whereis we can have a bleeding-trolling-edge blast online.

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Re:U.S. teens are spending less time with their friends in p... by Retric on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @09:07PM (#19497374)

An in person hug with a close friend or family member is worth a lot. Phone calls have been around for a long time and still miss out on such things. Cellphones provide some benifit, but often reduce the quality of face to face interactions by distracting one or more participants.

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Re:U.S. teens are spending less time with their friends in p... by tqkxzugoaupvwqr on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @09:03PM (#19497363)

Just because you can communicate with someone doesn’t mean you don’t feel lonely.

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Re:U.S. teens are spending less time with their friends in p... by stiglitz on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @09:43PM (#19497537)

This is the most concise statement of the problem with communication technology I’ve ever read.

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