Are computers making people more isolated from the social community???
By mtsandeep
@mtsandeep (1586)
India
December 8, 2008 7:31am CST
I am a college student. I spend most of my free time with computer with mylot and testing my wordpress site and learning new things from internet.
When i am at college, i have lot of friends and am happy with them. But near my house i don't have much friends. Now i am living with my friends in a rented house near my college.
As i spend most of my time with computer, my friends here tell me to reduce the time i spend infront of computer
. i have a feeeling that i am becoming isolated from the social surrounding aroung me. I am interested to work with computer than anything else.
Is this causing any problem to me?? Earlier i started a discussion and most of them replied that they too spend their leisure time infront of the pc.
Are computers making us away from real people and making somany online friends??
whats your opinion about this...
. i have a feeeling that i am becoming isolated from the social surrounding aroung me. I am interested to work with computer than anything else.
Is this causing any problem to me?? Earlier i started a discussion and most of them replied that they too spend their leisure time infront of the pc.
Are computers making us away from real people and making somany online friends??
whats your opinion about this...6 people like this
16 responses
@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
10 Dec 08
i think they are.. we are spending more time on here and more comfortable on here than going out and meeting new people and we can multitask here so while we are talking to friends we could be shopping or paying bills etc so we have more time for our friends in a way this way...
its not good but i think it does have a plus side that people are getting to know people in other countries.. i never would know anyone from anywhere else other than america if it wasnt for the internet
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@mtsandeep (1586)
• India
10 Dec 08
yes, we can meet and share informations with people from all parts of the world. Now every thing is possible with the help of computer and internet. we can pay bills, buy things, call friends and family etc.
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@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
11 Dec 08
oh im not saying to get rid of it.. i love internet i just think that some people its not good for their social development because they dont make friends to go out with and etc which could lead to social anxiety when they do etc.. other than isolation i see too many pluses for the internet to ever suggest getting rid of it..
@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
8 Dec 08
In the last ten years I too have become more sociable online and less offline. That could also be due to my age and my empty purse. Going out to socialise has its costs not only entrance fees but also petrol and clothes. It's easy to stay in and meet people online so much cheaper.
Before when I was in I would watch television so I feel that my computer activities have taken the place of that. Going out is nice and if anything worth going out for crops up then it's takes first place over my computer.
I think a little bit of everything is the right thing to do 
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@mtsandeep (1586)
• India
8 Dec 08
ya its better to simply watch tv than engaging in online activities like mylotting and all
@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
8 Dec 08
No I think the opposite and I prefer to be online rather than watch the soaps and all the disasters in the news. Those are so overdone just to get an audience 
@dandan07 (1906)
• China
9 Dec 08
I do not think.
When i first have computer, I really spend much time on it, and do not keep enough time to communicate with my friends and people around me.
But now, after graduate from the college, my friends go to all over the country, now computer and net become our most welcome way to keep each other in touch, and now I think it is the most convient way to make friends and enoy your friendship.
@Ganesh44 (5547)
• India
9 Dec 08
Dear Friend
Yes I agree with you , a lot of activities like
Online shopping,
Chatting,
Making new friends Online ,
Reading online
Banking Online
And many more has reduced the social life of every individual.
And so people are more isolated from social community
Happy Mylotting
Take Care
Ganesh
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
8 Dec 08
yes, i often wonder if thats why i can not find me another companion. or bf. i to spend many more hours talking with online friends
@aisaellis22 (6445)
• United States
9 Dec 08
Hello mtsandeep! I guess your discussion is true. I only have my own computer 3 months ago and most of the time now, I am in front of our computer. Honestly, I don't want to go out anymore and talk to my boardmates which I usually do when we don't have a computer at boarding house. I even have more friends online than friends in real now. So I guess computer would isolate us to other people and thus, would make us away from real people.
@cripfemme (7698)
• United States
11 Dec 08
It depends. Some people just sit in front of their computers all day and never speak to anyone. For most of us, however, the computer enhances community while we still have actual friends who we talk to in real life. My computer lets me hang out with my friends who live in various different states without having to pay for a plane or bus ticket to go see them. It's free. Even to my friends in Africa where calling is cost prohibitive.
@arcidy (5005)
• United States
8 Dec 08
I would say yes and no. I know for me ive always had a hard time talking to people but I can easily talk to people online but in real life I just have a very hard time unless if they come up to talk to me. And also I think ipods are also the same since when people listen to there ipods they dont talk to anyone.
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@comfort55 (1574)
• India
9 Dec 08
Computers are , undoubtedly affecting our social life. Though I do go where i've to go , like social gatherings, club meetings. At times I feel that I didn't meet such and such a person from quite a long time, then I forcibly leave my computer to meet that person, it can be one of my friends or relatives. I try hard to keep a balance between the two. Happy mylotting.
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
8 Dec 08
Yes and no. I've made a lot of friends online that I really like. Since they are in Scotland and New Zealand and Indonesia and all over the world, I never would have met them if it wasn't for the internet. I've also reconnected with family and old friends online.
But it is also true that I don't get out and socialize all that much and maybe I would do more of that if I weren't online so much!
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@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
8 Dec 08
I guess so. Even the family time? is already consume in front of the PC. Well, like me and my hubby, both of us are really engross with the online thing. We have no time to talk except when we are on the car. Suppose to be when we are at home, we have time to talk but since we are both engross with our computer, we have no time. I agree that computer isolates us from our association with others.
@jralivio511 (480)
• Philippines
9 Dec 08
Not really. You just have to budget your time. Friends are very important to me and I'll make sure I have time for them.For them to have time with me in return
@jralivio511 (480)
• Philippines
11 Dec 08
For me, addiction is fine as long as you do not hurt other people. And you enjoy what you are doing. Most of adults nowadays are having fun in computers and it's fine. That is the generation today. There is so much in the computer and the internet.
@izangel (88)
• Philippines
9 Dec 08
i also think the same. after i finished my studies and worked just infront of the computer, i have been living away with my real world friends. I have more time staying online than spending time talking with them, hanging out and so on... so i my answer to your question is yes.
:)
@mtsandeep (1586)
• India
9 Dec 08
we should also have communication directly with our nearby friends also.
thanks for ur response
@sixclix (677)
• Philippines
9 Dec 08
well, it is true computers are making people recluse, me included. I think the challenge there, like most things, is to find balance between the cyberworld and the real world. I do believe however that spending 10 hours a day isn't really a problem as long as you still interact with human beings face to face on a daily basis. It will only become a problem if you could no longer relate to people face to face since you're so used to communicating with them online. Now that would be horrible. It's the kind where jack the rippers and ted bundies are born.
@kun2349 (23381)
• Singapore
9 Dec 08
Sort of.. Because computer can be addictive and one can learn alot from it, get in touch with the latest news and information from around the world.. BUt all these are only online, and we cant touch nor feel them..
We need to be out in the open, out of the house, to experience something even more.. IMagine, one is very knowledgable about things, in theory, but when it comes to real times, pratical, most ple wont know what to do.. So what's the point of being knowledgable in theory when one knows nuts in practical.. lol =D
So i say, computers are actually making one isolated from the social community.
@mayka123 (16605)
• India
9 Dec 08
It is true that with the internet people are spending lesser time with family and friends. It is easy to communicate with friends thru chat and emails and at one time you can chat with multiple people in different parts of the globe on different topics. So it is much easier to be in touch with others on the net now. Besides there are other sources of entertainment too on the net and this is making people addicted to the computers.
