How is it possible that people are still lonely in the Age of Zoom?

[user 188685]

Sorry I have never used Zoom I'm kind of not with the times, understand your point but there's many different factors why people are lonely whether they have a social platform or not will not make a person any less lonely even (celebrities) that are adored by millions of fans are some of the loneliest people in the world one case Robin Willams social media is a good way to interact with others but it's not the same thing for everyone.

That is why Robin Williams killed himself,he was so lonely,and couldn't take life anymore because of his loneliness in his life.

 

[Cherubino]

I am 50 yo male with Asperger too and I love loneliness in public life (outside household) but not in private life (inside my home) ... therefore I am very little able to attract friends and I'm ok with that since I always considered a romantic partner would fulfill all my needs including the need for friendship ... actually this is how I imagine a perfect world, an array of isolated couples like Adam and Eve multiplied to the n-th degree

 

[vng2015]

Sorry I have never used Zoom I'm kind of not with the times, understand your point but there's many different factors why people are lonely whether they have a social platform or not will not make a person any less lonely even (celebrities) that are adored by millions of fans are some of the loneliest people in the world one case Robin Willams social media is a good way to interact with others but it's not the same thing for everyone.

I guess Jitsi Meet is much better then Zoom or Discord for beginners.

 

[vng2015]

I am 50 yo male with Asperger too and I love loneliness in public life (outside household) but not in private life (inside my home)

WOW! I am 53 yo, male, Moderate Asperger's, weigh 157 kg, housekeeper for my parents, looking for friends to talk on Jitsi Meet or Zoom.

 

[Cherubino]

what country are you from? my spoken English sucks

 

[Cucuboth]

Throughout the last 15 years I made many attempts to make telephone and later Zoom friends. Very little success.

I am a 53 yo man, I have Asperger's Syndrome, and I am overweight. Of course I am not looking for any romantic partners.

Not everyone has someone to zoom/skype with, and not everyone is comfortable doing a video call with a total stranger. For me, there would have to be some feeling of connection and TRUST through text and DMs first, before I even contemplated a video call with someone.

Not everyone finds that a video call, or audio, eases the loneliness. They are still over there. You are still here. There is still that huge gap in between.

I'm not saying that a connection can not develop online, because obviously it can (even romance). But these days there seems to be an assumption that just a video call, or a phone call, will magically make loneliness vanish. And for some of us, it just doesn't. For some of us, we need to see, and feel, that person next to us, or sitting across the other side of the table ... or, at the very least, feel like they are genuinely open and interested in having that with us too.

 

[insecure]

I agree, also, some of the more sensitive things I would say online I wouldn't say in a video conference.