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Honest question, do you consider these people actual friends or internet acquaintances.

One thing I hate social media for is keeping me hyper connected to thousadns of people, it actually takes up a lot of time. I'm not saying I'm not grateful for having thousands of new friends, but I can also see that the people in front of me get less attention because of it.

It feels like a bit of a hidden cost of social media often unaccounted for.

I do wonder am I saving time because it's now enough to just message someone for their birthday rather than go see them; However I'm now messaging tens if not hundreds more people for their birthday then before.



Real friends




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