Making friends on-line is just a substitute means of interaction to replace meeting face-to-face or talking by phone or other means if interaction. She says that because the user only wants to widen their circle of different-sex acquaintances, when this is achieved they will often reduce the frequency that they go on-line.
網路交友只是人際交往、電話交往等眾多方式中的「替代性媒介」，她說，因為網友只要找異性朋友的目標達到了，上機次數就會減少。