I do not subscribe to any social media vector. Having decided, long ago, that privacy still means something to me, I also decided that having thousands of "friends" was not within my area(s) of interest. I have written some ideas about all of this and those are currently under review by some thinkers and social critics. The abuses which are becoming troublesome for these purveyors of non-stop information are, in my opinion, indicators of deeper social unrest and an erosion of Rousseau's social contract notion, twenty-first century vs, eighteenth, notwithstanding.

Neuman

Why Internet Brings Us Further Apart

许多人强调，连接和接近即时的通信使人们之间的距离更近，使世界看起来比实际更小。当将亲密度作为一种物理属性来衡量彼此沟通能力时，这确实是成立的。个体之间的联系只需要几毫秒的延迟。然而，一个更有趣的观点是将亲密度视为心理属性，其中互动和共享信息的数量在测量中起着基本作用。

语音交流自然比文字传递更多的信息，因为语音的音调会影响对信息的感知。沟通包括视觉带来的感觉，能够读懂肢体语言和面部表情，以更准确地理解信息的意思。在相同的位置，体验来自环境的相同的环境输入，确实为互动带来了语境。由于共享了大量的信息，这些手段使个体之间更接近，导致更平等的感知，并处于相似的精神状态。

Since the most common type of Internet-communication is texting, the outer ring of communication is primarily used. Because of availability, people are drawn to text with each other, instead of interacting at a higher level with the people close by. This does compromise psychological closeness, and is the reason why the Internet brings the human race further apart.

Andreas Herman