Internet to Blame for Lack of Close Friends

Anonymous Coward writes "Duke and University of Arizona researchers are citing the Internet as one of the main contributing factors to a shrinking of social networks among Americans. People say they have fewer people they can talk to about important stuff, even if they are talking to lots more people from all over the place about unimportant stuff online."

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Re:But therein lies the rub

[feder]

This point is actually far from "missed by most everyone". The phenomenon is called exclusivism and is often discussed in research dealing with virtual communities.