According to an analysis by educator Edwin Yen, who is well known for his work in AIDS prevention, the physical distance between people is getting ever closer, yet the psychological distance is still great. The Internet offers anonymity, which is in large part responsible for the boom in Internet friendships.
近年來大力投入愛滋病防治的知名性教育學者晏涵文教授分析，在現代都會化中，人與人的距離似乎很近，但心理上卻很遠，網路的匿名性特質，讓網路交友的比例偏高。