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I think the most important advice in learning how to function socially is: study people. Watch them, analyze them, try to figure out why they do things. Examine both positive examples - people who function well in social settings - and negative examples.
Most people are fascinated by other people, and so will learn about them without prompting. I think the problem with socially awkward folk is that they find humans and social situations uninteresting and thus not worthy of study.
I think this is a big part of it in most cases! (It's also somewhat self reinforcing.)
This is one of the things I have planned for my IA meetups, when the random walk takes us to a crowded area.