One of the reasons, mentioned in the article, seems to be family members moving away looking for employment.
The definition of loneliness used is - the painful mismatch between expectations of social connection and what happens in reality.
But I'm not sure if people in the survey are also including familial connections there? Would this change between societies of large families versus small?
I just feel that although poverty might be a major cause, there might be other reasons s well?
The link hadn't been posted when I put this reply on there.
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html
"Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, brigading, foreign agents, and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're worried about abuse, email hn@ycombinator.com and we'll look at the data."
> But please don't post complaints about paywalls
(Perhaps you missed rendx pointing this out first). Your question about the downvotes ("Has someone got sock puppet accounts on here?") misses the guideline:
> Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, brigading, foreign agents, and the like
(Which rendx also pointed out). And the guideline:
> Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading.
It's also helpful to know when there is a paywall. Not obstructive.
More details on paywalls: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989
https://hn.algolia.com/?query=paywalls%20by:dang&dateRange=a...