In the article, McKenna said that relationships develop closeness and intimacy significantly faster over the internet than offline, because of the greater ease of self-disclosure. I think we cannot generalize this statement. If we reverse this statement it will be true for many other people. Wouldn't it take more time to develop closeness and intimacy because of the disinhibition and self-disclosure over the internet than offline? What if the other person is not expressing his/her real self?
McKenna also said in the article that relationships made on the internet last longer and become part of the real life. I wonder how would internet affect the existing F2F relationships once they become completely offline?
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