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"Connected or Disconnected?"

Social networking communities such as Facebook and Twitter I feel have connected people all around the world. Technology is constantly evolving and the ways people are using them are evolving with it. People say technology disconnects people socially from interacting with people in a physical manner. People used to talk to people on the phone or meet people in coffee shops to chat. Now people text messages because with the busy aspects of life, time cannot be taken to sit down and make a phone call in an quiet area. Taking the time to chat with people and meeting them personally has become more of a business etiquette more than a personal one and sometimes not even so because company's who need to communicate with people in international offices use teleconferencing or Skype to hold meetings if flying over isn't an option.

Technology has not absolutely disconnected people from human interaction but has connected people in a different more highly technological method which allows people to have more time to multi-task their lives. It has also made it cheaper. Instead of calling a family member overseas and paying long-distance, people can instant message them on msn, or leave them a wall post on Facebook. People share their lives and daily activities and are more personable through social communities like Twitter where you can in an instant let people know what you are doing or feeling at a particular point and time.