I am an introvert. I would probably start to feel lonely after a few weeks without human contact. However, interacting with people anonymously on a forum such a

I am an introvert. I would probably start to feel lonely after a few weeks without human contact. However, interacting with people anonymously on a forum such as this one would have no bearing on that experience. It does not deplete my social energy, and nor does it meet my social needs. It's just not the same experience at all; it feels more like reading a book or writing a paper, which I experience as an intellectual exercise, not a social exercise.