In fact, increasingly it is my experience that many people brand themselves as social media experts and gurus and are all about building community will spend more time at a social event tweeting about it and responding to other people’s tweets than actually being present to the event itself and the people standing right in front of their faces. I frequently look at their actions and think “do they see the disconnect?”.

I am not saying that social media and online social networking and connection are bad or do not have a place in a society where constant busy-ness has made people starved for connection. However, I do think that people need to 1) have a healthy dose of perspective, in that online connection is not a substitute but rather, a supplement to in-person connection; and 2) could modify their behavior in face-to-face settings where they are actually getting the benefit of being around people for once, and maybe relaying the experience through social media avenues later.

This article is so true. Couldn’t have written it better myself!