In her essay The Limits of Friendship, Konnikova asserts that the connections people are having on social media are much less impactful than those made in real life.  By spending more time interacting with people on social media, it is believed that the relationships people create in person are being negatively affected.  She suggests that people have a limited capacity for interacting with others, meaning the more time they spend with those on the internet, the less likely they are to continue finding impactful connections offline.