We’ve all seen it , the couple in the pub or restaurant , or maybe a family or friends out for a meal together , a lovely chance to catch up with each other , chat and spend time?
But , how many times have you seen this but all people at the table have their noses in a mobile phone ? Scrolling , liking , swiping or whatever , avidly engrossed in the screen rather that who they are actually with in real life ?
I was thinking about this and did a few polls on Twitter to find out more about people’s attitude to the friends or acquaintances that live in their phones.
I have known some of my Twitter followers for quite a few years now and know several things about them but when I actually thought “Do I know 20 things about them that aren’t just superficial things that anyone would know?” I realised that out of over 300 people I actually only know stuff about maybe 2 people , 3 at a push !!
Only 27% of the people who responded to my poll think they know 20 facts about followers , it would be interesting if they actually wrote them down , I think they’d be surprised.
Despite communications with people regularly 21% of people said they wouldn’t keep in touch with anyone if Twitter didn’t exist and only 7% of people actually like all of their followers!
58% of people considered 5 people on the app to be real life friends and this is borne out by Twitter meet ups or romances but 8% said they were not real life friends at all.
I know that Twitter is invaluable as many people have health or mental health issues that makes meeting people in real life social situations difficult but if you do have friends in the real world but find yourself always on your phone when you meet up then maybe it’s time to go phone free when you’re with them !
Chat to them , ask what they’ve been up to , listen to their problems …..you might find out that you enjoy talking to them !!
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