Is the internet making us LONERS?

Why think about internet in negative terms. I give some time for sports everyday. Although I spend a lot of time on internet during vacation I cannot do the same when my semester starts. So I wouldn't call it an addiction. Moreover, we get to learn so much that we start liking internet and all the stuff that it has to offer.

I guess we are. Every night I promise myself and my wife that I'll go to bed earlier and I always end putting off the computer at 3.00 AM. At this moment I should be preparing to go shopping and I'm answering your discussion. So you should feel guilty, because perhaps all the family will starve tonight (lol).

One should use the internet to one's advantage and get the maximum out of it. One should not play into the hands of other users (site owners etc). To be lonely or to be among our friends and relatively is in our hands.

I don't think it's making me a loner. I would much prefer to go out with my friends or see my boyfriend than use the internet. I spend around an hour and a half per day on the net. On MyLot, doing surveys and working on my site but i spend far more time socializing. I really think you should make an effort to see your family and friends. What is it about the net that keeps you away from them?

i am addicted to the internet at night. i come online after 7pm till about 1am. i spend my day with family and friends as i like to go out and go shopping and things

If you ignore the fact that the online people you communicate with are real life humans, then yes, it is making us loners. I sometimes don't even talk. No need at all.

Actually, I have made some good friends on-line and have used the Internet to keep in touch with other friends that I am too far away from to keep in touch with other ways. It all depends on how you use the Internet. I know some old people who can't get out and about much; but, they keep in touch with friends and family over the Internet for a LOT less money than they would spend if they had to rely on the mail or phones.

This is an interesting post. i know that i am a very friendly person, and i got many friends. But two months ago i moved to another place, and here all of the people that are my age are usually married and with children, so i do not get out as much as before. Although my friends from the big city do visit me alote, i find myself more and more on the net. I can not say that i would rather be on the net then with friends. whenever an offer is coming i never will always go out. But still this is a very strange situation to me, and i can definitely say that the net did make me a loner those two months.

I think you are absolutely correct. I know that this is the case with me anyways. I spend probably about 8-10 hours a day on the Internet. The reasons I am on it now vary from the past...I used to go on for on-line gaming but never do now. cheers,