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Some people think that the internet has brought people closer together while others think that people and communities have become more isolated.

Discuss both sides and give your opinion.

As humans are currently living in the age of the Internet, no one can deny the enormous impact that it is having on the world. Some people believe that the Internet is acting as convenient means of communication that can effectively connect people. However, others challenge that belief by claiming it is the internet that isolates people and societies. This essay will analyse both viewpoints and justify my opinion on each.

On the one hand, thanks to the profound development of technologies, interactions between people have been made easier than ever. While in the past, people who stayed far away from their homeland could only use messages or short phone calls charged with a colossal amount of money to connect with their loved one, nowadays, they can see their families’ faces by using video calls provided by the Internet with a reasonable price or no cost at all. In my perspective, the Internet also helps connect different people from many parts of the world by providing its users an allowance to the multicultural environment, which then alleviates serious cultural gaps. For example, I had a chance to meet a friend from Japan through Reddit - a famous collection of forums in which people can discuss their opinions - because we love the same comics. Through conversations with her, I understood some aspects of Japanese culture and she also got to know what is going on in my country.

On the other hand, since the Internet is a thing that is constantly changing, some people believe that it is highly addictive. Clearly, humans are sensitive with noticeable objects, namely, blogs’, social media sites’, or emails’ notifications. Therefore, any sounds from one’s mobile devices can potentially engross him or her entirely, which may lead to an end of the face-to-face conversations that person is probably having. This eventually results in the isolation of that person toward the community and the irretrievable addiction toward the Internet. Nevertheless, I think that since the Internet is the main source of society trends, people getting engaged in these trends can, otherwise, interact with each other more and even bring positive effects to the society. To be more specific, in the past year, Vietnam witnessed a long list of social media trends related to the environment such as #NoStrawChallenge or #WeDo-PlasticStealer.

In conclusion, although the Internet has triggered solitude in some groups of people, it is a wonderful invention which has encouraged people to care more about others and their society. I believe that the further expansion of the Internet will assist the bond between people to be tightened, and suggest that each of us should be careful not to be thoroughly captivated by the Internet in the future.