In my impression, a larger share of friendships than ever are not made face to face. In my experience, they can survive as long as any other. My main question

In my impression, a larger share of friendships than ever are not made face to face. In my experience, they can survive as long as any other. My main question while reading the article was: does the same effect hold for "remote" friendships? Are the same patterns visible? Or perhaps a different set of shared properties appears? The article only mentions that a description is different than a conversation: > Dr. Ochsner offered his own story as evidence of the primacy of chemistry over mere biography. “My wife-to-be and I were both neuroscientists in the field, we were on dating websites, but we were never matched up,” he said. > “Then we happened to meet as colleagues and in two minutes we knew we had the kind of chemistry that breeds a relationship.” I wonder if "chemistry" travels across the net. Then again, I know a couple of people that are just so different to be around in meatspace than online.