{"id":4180,"date":"2025-05-06T06:26:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T06:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/does-social-media-make-us-closer-or-more-alone\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T06:21:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T06:21:04","slug":"does-social-media-make-us-closer-or-more-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/does-social-media-make-us-closer-or-more-alone\/","title":{"rendered":"Does social media make us closer or more alone?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>From the beginning of the twenty -first century, the digital revolution has radically changed the nature of human relations. The friendships that once established in a physical environment are now established through screens. While distances lost their meaning, social media platforms turned into a new field of socialization.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-06-at-09.11.40-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16642\" title=\"\"><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p>People are no longer on the street, at school or at work; He also finds each other on Twitter, Instagram, Tiktok and Discord servers. This change has transformed not only the means of communication, but also our way of bonding, our process of building confidence, and even our understanding of loneliness.<\/p>\n<p>In the early days of the Internet, people shared their ideas through anonymous forums and contacted people with common interests. However, these interactions mostly remained superficial. Today, social media has become a digital reflection of our identities.<\/p>\n<p>Shared photos, comments, likes and stories; He reshaped the ways of both expressing themselves and connecting with others. Each user constitutes its own social environment in the digital world; This environment can grow independently of geographical limitations.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"16643\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16643\" src=\"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-06-at-09.11.41-1-1024x768.jpeg\" data-lazy- title=\"\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"16643\" src=\"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-06-at-09.11.41-1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16643\" title=\"\"><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<p>It was built on traditional friendships, daily contact and common experiences. Now, two people who meet in a video game group can lay the foundation of a friendship that will last for years. Those who listen to a common podcast, discuss their ideas in a Reddit community, interpreted in an Instagram live broadcast; All of them are examples of new generation of friendship networks. Virtual areas have become the new scene of social discovery.<\/p>\n<p>However, the facilities offered by this new environment bring some difficulties. In relationships established on digital platforms, the lack of face -to -face communication can sometimes lead to misunderstandings. The critical parts of communication such as mimics, body language, tone of sound are faint behind the screen. This can sometimes cause sincerity to be questioned. The line between real friendship and digital contact is blurred.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, social media increases the visibility of individuals and makes it easier to reach people who think like themselves. Individuals who once felt lonely can now establish a strong bond with someone on the other end of the world. LGBTQ+ This is particularly valuable for individuals, disabled people, minority groups or people with certain niche interests. Now everyone can reach digital communities in which they can express, understand and support themselves.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"16644\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16644\" src=\"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-06-at-09.11.40-1-1024x768.jpeg\" data-lazy- title=\"\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"16644\" src=\"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-06-at-09.11.40-1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16644\" title=\"\"><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Social media also turned into a field of \u201csocial capital\u201d. Who is a follower, which content he interacts with; It has become indicators that determine the social status of the person. Although this situation sometimes increases superficiality in relationships; It also allows people to be more visible, tell their stories and empathize with others. The digital environment accelerates the discovery and expression of the individual.<\/p>\n<p>Another remarkable transformation took place in romantic relationships. Applications such as Tinder, Bumble, Okcupid redefined the dynamics of flirting. Now people can reach not only their immediate surroundings, but also to people they don&#8217;t know at the global level.<\/p>\n<p>This increased the diversity in romantic relationships, while accelerating the process between the beginning and end of relations. It has become easier to connect; However, the permanence of these ties had to keep up with the speed of the digital world.<\/p>\n<p>All this transformation turned the direction of social discovery into a community rather than the individual. People no longer only establish one -to -one relationships; It is also looking for ways to exist together in digital communities. Fields such as Twitch Publications, Clubhouse rooms, Patreon communities allow individuals to come together around a common culture and context. In this digital context, people; He finds support, develops ideas, sometimes even fights together.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, this new social structure still has aspects open to development. The maintenance of digital privacy, the prevention of cyber bullying, and the extraction of fake identities remain important. However, there is one thing that is clear: Humanity has redefined its social discovery through every technological development throughout history. Today, there is a similar transformation.<\/p>\n<p>People now have more options, more connections and more interaction. This increases the width, even if not the depth of social relations. Every likes, every message, each sharing; A new relationship, a new community and a new discovery can open the door.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To join our WhatsApp Group <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/GcUb561wzz44AcjKoMQHY6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Click here!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><h5>Share<\/h5>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the beginning of the twenty -first century, the digital revolution has radically changed the nature of human relations. The friendships that once established in a physical environment are now established through screens. While distances lost their meaning, social media platforms turned into a new field of socialization. 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