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title: "Why have video games/social networking become more popular than real social get-togethers?"  
description: "Why have video games/social networking become more popular than real social get-togethers?"  
author: "samay srivastava"  
published: 2018-03-03  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/36129/why-have-video-games-social-networking-become-more-popular-than-real-social-get-togethers  
category: "social networking"  
tags: ["social network websites"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why have video games/social networking become more popular than real social get-togethers?

Why have [video games](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/167950/mortal-kombat-11-secrets-that-no-one-else-knows-about)/[social](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/44257/the-impact-of-social-media-on-lawsuits) [networking](https://www.mindstick.com/startup/26/zerotier-secure-peer-to-peer-networking-made-simple) become more popular than real social get-togethers?


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