The problem is we need our bodies. However, the projection of personae does have some impact on my biological life. The Concept 1. The List of Uses 4. Why virtual communities are unlikely to provide a foundation for a democratic society .
Individuals can leave any time.
Other types of community are rich with cultural meanings. Deprivation of cultural community may affect psychological and moral development. Even though our imaginations may fly away to distant places on the Internet, our bodies remain where they are, next to our neighbors. One function of democratic community is to provide a social foundation for self-governance and individual political empowerment. But dispersal in virtual communties diminishes political power of individuals to govern the region their bodies inhabit.