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by hk__2 1037 days ago
> I tend to view all platforms negatively because I am afraid that all are a virtual substitute to actual encounters and debates.

They are not virtual substitute, they are actual debates but through a medium different than voice. Of course, the experience is different, but that doesn’t make it "virtual", just like going to the cinema is not a "virtual substitute" to live theater.