I believe online interaction can be a mild substitute for real interaction, even through a forum like this, but it requires that it be the same people interacti

I believe online interaction can be a mild substitute for real interaction, even through a forum like this, but it requires that it be the same people interacting (and for the interaction to be pleasant). Me writing this here isn't to you, person I am responding to, but to anyone who reads it. It lacks the building of interpersonal camaraderie until we have direct, frequent, and multiple interactions.