One thing that I like about this article is the authors point that digital human interaction is incomparable to real human interaction.
I spent much of my teen years on Skype or Discord playing video games with friends. Although, I still consider these close relationships, I feel we missed out on a lot of bonds and development that we could've only gotten by spending more time in person.
I agree with the sentiment but my teen set up a couple of discord servers at the beginning of lockdown last year that allowed some of his far less technical peers to keep in touch with him and a number of their peers when face to face wasn't possible. Even now, with some students in person for school and others remote Discord serves as their side channel for the little side comments that would normally happen in the back of the classroom.
I've noticed that as I've gotten more and higher quality irl interactions, I tend to neglect my digital or remote friendships more and more. It just doesn't feel the same, which makes me kinda sad
I spent much of my teen years on Skype or Discord playing video games with friends. Although, I still consider these close relationships, I feel we missed out on a lot of bonds and development that we could've only gotten by spending more time in person.