With the advent of internet has our basic socializing skills deteriorated?

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There was a time when there was no internet.That was the time people communicated on the phone and wrote letters.I remember in the early 70s when Iwas studying engineering and stayed in the hostel we would eagerly look for mail.There was a certain personal touch in the mail.Every handwriting was different. There was so much warmth that exuded from there.People complained ,people appreciated and that used to come alive through the letters.All the personal characteristics came through the letters.Yes email has changed all that but then how much of ourselves do we give in an email and can it ever replace the live and emotional punch one feels on the phone.