Grieving for online friends

Devon Veracity 4
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/oct/22/losing-online-friends-same-as-real-life-relationships

 

“When we get close to people online, we run the same risk as getting close to people in the real world: that we will love them and then lose them. And yet, just like in the real world, we reach out anyway, because that’s the kind of creatures we are: ones who crave emotional connection, be it across cyberspace or right across the table.”