emotional exchange on the internet

[piranha]

from a discussion elsejournal comes this statement:

"The Internet is uniquely un-suited to emotional content."

agree, or disagree? why?

discuss if you would be so kind.

[crossposted to LJ/DW, comments welcome in both places.]

Comments

[firecat]

The Internet lets us discuss controversial subjects without the same risk of physical violence that f2f communication has. Therefore, controversial subjects may be discussed more often.

There are certainly special skills it is helpful to learn, if one is going to do a lot of emotional expression in ascii or HTML.