It's an interesting subject. When you communicate with text it's not really human communication. Seventy percent of communication is non verbal, so that leaves your imagination to fill in the other 70%. So it's sort of like an ink blot test, you project your assumptions and anxieties. In text you don't have the emotional stimulation from sight or from sound, and that's very important. For example there is something called Copgras syndrome which is caused when a specific part of the brain is damaged. What happens is vision is disconnected from emotional memory, so when the person sees a family member or anybody else that they are acquainted with, they are convinced that the person is an imposter because there is no emotionality attached to the sight of that person. If they speak with their mom on the phone for example, they know it's their mom, but when they meet they will be convinced that their mom is an imposter that looks exactly like their mother. There are very real reasons why people treat eachother so differently via text or online vs in person, or even by phone. The main reason like I said is when you communicate via text you're not really communicating with another human. I mean you are, but you aren't as far as some important parts of your brain are concerned.
