Despite all the emotion that a reader may expel while entranced in a good book, when the book is put down the reader encounters reality. Just like interaction in a virtual community or a conversation in cyberspace, as soon as the conversation is done and the computer is off, reality sets in. The emotional significance is placed in the back of the mind. Just like a good book, even though it maybe fiction, the events are not forgotten. They are merely separated from events of the material world.
Virtual worlds provide no connection to real life.
In virtual worlds, the computer serves as a medium. In interaction that takes place in reality, the conversation is face to face. There is a huge difference in emoting between virtual worlds and material reality. In virtual worlds emoting is experienced through the written word. In real life emoting actually takes place.