Does the Internet bring people closer together?

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Yes
88% of users

  • Yes, the Internet does bring people together, because it's such an easy way to make friends.

    Yes, the Internet does bring people together. I have been online since I was 16 years old and, ever since, I have been able to make new friends. I also am able to stay in contact with friends who have moved far away. It is a great thing to be able to chat daily with friends in Europe or other places in the world. Some say the Internet keeps you from people. But, I think it does bring your closer, because you can talk to each other more often and sometimes at a deeper level.

    Yes NorChiquita

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    Yes Anonymous

  • The Internet allows people from remote areas to connect with each other and share mutual interests, thus bringing people closer together.

    Some would argue that the Internet makes us more isolated. The truth is, however, that the Internet allows us to communicate across vast distances and find those with similar interests and hobbies. It also makes it easy to connect with friends and family who live far away. In this way, the Internet brings people closer together.

    Yes EminentBennett93

  • Yes, the Internet brings people that are far away closer together, due to making communication much easier.

    On the Internet, a person in the United States can talk to someone in Australia and Puerto Rico at the exact same time. People can become familiar with people from other cultures. The ease of sharing personal stories online teaches people that we're all more similar, than we are different.

    Yes 54ndDavi

  • Katea

    First of all, to business, the Internet have given business people a much more a chance to manage relationships with their customers and clients more effective and quickly. In fact, conference online and chat services are implemented on the Internet have led to increase in opportunities for person-to-person communication anytime and anywhere. Most these things are quite cheaper than the cost of traveling long distances to meet and talk directly. Simply, workers just stay at home in front of computer screen and then remote access communication via the Internet. That is reason why a global company may have partners and customers from Europe, America or even in Africa.

    Yes Anonymous

  • Jess414

    yes i do beleive social media brings us together because i have family all over the world. its the way i stay i contact with them.

    Yes Anonymous

  • Yes, because certain social sites allow people to communicate with others more easily than they could in the past.

    Certain social sites allow people to connect and communicate with their circle of friends more easily. Prime among these sites is Facebook, though other message boards and networking sites also achieve this. With these sites, people can share experiences, ask for advice, and stay in contact with people who have moved far away.

    Yes RaymoCanyons

  • Yes, the Internet brings people closer together, as you can correspond to the whole world in seconds.

    While there is less face-to-face interactions happening due to the Internet, there are many more interactions that would not otherwise be possible taking place, due to the Internet. Email and instant messaging allow communications to take place all over the world. Before the Internet, there was still the telephone. However, the amount of information and speed that it could be shared was very much limited.

    Yes I3nKai

  • I agree that the Internet can bring people closer together through the use of social media outlets and other communication tools.

    The Internet can bring people closer together by the use of email, social networking sites, chat rooms, etc. There are infinite opportunities to blog and read the opinions of others. While it may not bring people physically closer together, it does allow people to find others with their same views or interests.

    Yes SlayrKalle

  • I believe the internet does bring people together.

    I believe the internet does bring people together. There are so many social network sites out there now like facebook, and twitter that you are able to find old friends from many years ago that you have lost touch with and these sites do bring you back together and closer to your friends and family. So by using the internet and accessing these sites I feel the internet is bringing people closer to each other.

    Yes dadude913

  • I do agree that the Internet bring people closer together.

    I stated that the Internet bring people closer together because I have personal experience. If somebody moves from one place to another, he leaves his friends and makes new friends, so the best way to stay in touch with his old friends is to use the internet and all other tools that the internet offers.

    Yes IeynM4n5

  • Yes the Internet does bring people closer together. I myself have family members in several different states, and the Internet is the cheapest way for me to keep in touch.

    My family keeps in touch almost every day through the internet, with e-mails, social networking, and photos. And with the Web camera I can even see family members at times. With families so spread out anymore, the Internet is incredibly useful to keep in touch, and much cheaper than phone calls, or even written letters. I do miss getting letters, but with my family all so busy anymore, they can quickly send off an email without having to write a letter and then see that it gets in the mail. It seems quite impersonal at times, but it's better than nothing.

    Yes BMaritza

  • Of course the internet bring people closer.

    The internet has changed the world as we knew it just 20 years ago. My son is in the U.S. Army serving in Afghanistan. Every day he and I are able to chat to each other on Yahoo for free. How amazing is that? Here he is in a combat zone, and the internet allows us to communicate on a daily basis. The can be no arguing the fact that the internet has made the world a smaller place.

    Yes BriaBlacken

  • The internet creates a method for people from many locations to find common bonds and come closer together.

    Although not physically, the internet gives the opportunity for people from different countries and different backgrounds to come closer together. By interacting in different forums and sharing ideas, comments, photos, and beliefs, the internet provides people with a chance to bond. It has also become a way for those who already know one another to stay connected or to re-connect. It creates the ability for those who are physically distant from one another, remain intellectually and emotionally close.

    Yes 5h4n3Got

  • The Internet is a great community tool.

    Many people can come online to meet someone from the other side of the world. People can use Social Networking sites to communicate with others, as well as blogging on the Internet. You can also find your future soul mate on the Internet! Children play many Online games which allows them to communicate with others. The Internet is a great way to meet new faces.

    Yes OatMd0gg

  • The internet brings people closer together simply by enabling communication.

    The internet brings people closer together by promoting communication between peoples of differing cultures and geographic locations effortlessly. The internet allows users to see that regardless of lifestyle the basic components of humanity are the same globally. The free exchange of ideas that the internet allows helps each individual to reach a greater understanding of the world.

    Yes ThegaXen

  • The Internet brings people closer together--more so than ever before.

    The Internet allows us to do business with people in other countries and right next door, in a way that has never been possible before. New friendships can be created through regular business interaction--and with the newer social networks such as MySpace and Face book, friendships, connections and "old flames" can be renewed and rebuilt quickly and easily.

    Yes ElwBoardin

  • The internet brings people closer together in many ways.

    The internet is amazing in that it can connect loved ones who are far away; and it can introduce strangers to each other. Through the internet people can now meet other people from all over the world. Similar interests can now be the things that bring people together; rather than geographic location. Family members who live far away can now stay in touch through email and webcams. Sites like Face book and MySpace also help connect people.

    Yes VasilBuddy

  • The internet brings people together because it allows for easier communication.

    The internet helps to bring people together and helps old friends to stay in contact because of the ease of communication that it allows for. Social networking sites such as MySpace and Face book allow people to keep up with the lives of their friends, even if those friends live hundreds of miles away. Email is a great messaging system that works far more efficiently and conveniently than traditional snail mail as well.

    Yes TwoVic

  • The internet does bring people closer together as it bridges distance in a stronger way than the previous mail and phone options.

    Families no longer stay in one area, they can be spread out not only across the country, but across the world. I have a brother in China, a brother in Iraq and two other siblings 6-12 hours from me. Without the internet, I wouldn't be able to stay in touch with them like I do now. The internet allows us to chat live, share pictures and videos, play games, etc. That's something that phone calls and letters just can't compete with.

    Yes Z Frye

  • Yes, it does more so than anything in recent memory.

    I really believe the internet brings people closer together. So many people can communicate with each other through internet forums, they can develop close relationships. People can reconnect with others through the social networks like Face book. It is so much easier to send an email than to send a regular letter, so it has improved communicating in that regard. And my son spent last year in Iraq and without the internet I don't know how I would have survived, if I had not been able to be in communication with him and know he was doing all right.

    Yes PinkMych
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13% of users

  • There is a lot of information conveyed during interactions based on facial features and hand motions, and this is all lost during online communication.

    There are two main reasons that the Internet does not bring people closer together. First, it eliminates interactions. Second, it dehumanizes communication. By searching on the Internet for places to eat or shop, they eliminate conversations that used to be held between friends and family. Then, when there are conversations on the Internet, because of the lack of face time, there is so little substance that no lasting connection is made. Also, these conversations tend to not be genuine, because people will say things online without thinking, which, as social creatures, is not the way we were set up to interact. In conclusion, I feel the Internet makes people more isolated and jaded towards their fellow human beings.

    No FabulousLucius90

  • I do not agree that the internet brings people closer together. In order to become closer with others, actual real life time has to be spent with them.

    The internet perception of a person is who they want the rest of the world to see. Closeness with other people does not develop based on what people say about themselves. People begin to learn things such as mannerisms and other qualities that are not put into words. It is true that more people can stay in contact through the internet, but close friends and family still interact the old fashioned way. If anything, the internet is destroying close human relationships.

    No IiamBaby

  • I think that the internet encourages anti-socialism and isolation, while it is an excellent tool it hinders real communication

    The internet and technology in general encourages people to stay away from others. At one time visiting was all that we could do to be around others. We cherished each other more then. Then the mail system was introduced and we wrote, and stopped visiting. Then the phone showed up, and we called instead of writing or visiting. Now we text, and people have hundreds of folks on their friends list and couldn't tell you anything of depth about them. I'm not saying that the internet doesn't allow us to communicate with people all over the world, only that through this we've forgotten how to communicate with the people the live in the same house.

    No XglossyWynd
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