The virtual world of virtual friendships in the somewhat more real literary world is humorously looked at by Noam Cohen in his article, “Even in MySpace, a Friend Has to Qualify” (
The New York Times, October 15, 2007). It turns out that even the dreamy world of on-line personas attracting on-line buddies and fans can present very emotionally real and painful obstacles for (presumably) flesh-and-bone humans!
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