Jedlord t1_j6laekv wrote on January 31, 2023 at 3:06 AM

Reply to comment by wut3va in The internet has become essentially 5 giants sites all sharing screen shots of each other and not much else. by DominosFan4Life69

So your social interactions aren't true social interactions if you're blind and deaf?

wut3va t1_j6lduyu wrote on January 31, 2023 at 3:33 AM

I have both a blind friend and a deaf aunt. You have to get creative sometimes to make those relationships work for everyone, but anyone who thinks their experience isn't diminished is fooling themselves. A person who is both blind and deaf is going to have very limited opportunities to make connections with people. It would be worse if we could only see each other online.

Jedlord t1_j6ln7mu wrote on January 31, 2023 at 4:54 AM

That's fair yeah, there are some drawbacks to online interaction but it doesn't make it not social or any less at all, it's just different tbh, and for some people it's easier to interact online and so for them it's better than in person. And yeah my original point was just that social media IS social.