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I would suggest doing activities outside the computer as the only real way of fighting lone-less- I have recently changed cities and went to the facebook group of the city.

There I used the search function to find groups of people playing Tennis and Soccer. I then showed up and started making friends/plans/hikings/coffees.

I also found out how I could mentor people in tech and grabbed a coffee with a few people who were late in their careers and trying to change jobs [it isn't a tech city, so people work more like "IT work"].

Also simply going for walks and coffees on the same places ensures you see familiar faces and start conversations!

Making contact with real people is the way - staying in online forums like this and Reddit is the opposite of what you want