How Does Technology Affect Our Friendship

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Is Technology Killing Our Friendships? Does the usage of technology effecting our real friendships? So many kids are making social media friends then real world friends. Technology is just an easier way of making friends. I’m not saying that making real friends is hard or impossible, but technology helps us with that. Technology is just the reason we are keeping in touch. How does technology help us keep in touch? You can text and get to know the person. Say your best friend moved away, but you can call them, FaceTime them, and text. You could get detailed things about that friend. It can build a stronger connection with that friend. Technology is why adults are keeping their childhood friendships? What about family? Say you had a older

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