Do you feel closer to your friends and family because of social media, or do you think it keeps you apart?
Yes, I do feel closer to my friends and family because it social media. I prefer communicating with my friends and family on social media more than calling to hear from them. One thing about me is that I hardly call someone and we all know how expensive it is for an MTN number to call a Glo number, which in social media I can communicate with many of my friends and family at the same minutes.
I get closer to my friends and family because it social media as I do see them online to chat with them and even do a video call with them. Social media keeps me closer to my friends and family as I use it for video calling texting and live communication.
How often do you use your phone or computer to talk to people compared to meeting them in person?
I do use my phone to talk to people every day as compared to meeting them in person. There are some people that I cannot stay with without hearing from them and even if they didn't call or chat me up I would be the one to call or chat them up. I always use my phone to talk to my loved often to know how they are doing whenever I am far from home.
Can technology help us make new friends, or does it mainly connect us with people we already know?
Technology helps us to make new friends, and connect with people we already know as well. A lot of people have got themselves engaged as husband and wife serious boyfriend and girlfriend relationships with the help of technology also, old-time friends have connected themselves back with the help of technology. They are most of my childhood friends whom I thought were no more and with the help of technology like Facebook I have been able to connect with them.
Have you ever felt lonely while using social media? Why do you think that happens?
Yes, I have ever felt lonely while using social media many times. What happened was that I was bord I then logged in to my social at least to keep myself busy with chatting, but to my greatest surprise, no one chatted me up and even the person that I chatted with couldn't even reply to my message, which the person just view and read my message and pretended as if no message was sent.
How has technology changed the way we communicate with each other?
Technology changed the way we communicate with each other in as many as it increases our rate of communication with each other. We technology my rate of communication with others has changed because if I have missed someone for a long time, I can easily do a video call with the person, and with technology I do get to know the feelings of others better which with technology a lot of things is been shared with others.
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