• If relying on social media for social connection fails to provide useful information for developing an authentic self, then how confident might a person be when meeting new people face-to-face?

If an online connection is not well established, most likely the person will not feel confident knowing the other person in person. Usually people tend to develop different personalities when they are chatting online, no matter how much the conversation is through videos and things like that, it is easier to see the person and their real "I" personally, this makes many people not feel confident in meet in person, because that virtual image that was created can be undone and not be real.

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