[identity profile] moumusu.livejournal.com 2006-01-08 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
I think people don't want to admit that their internet correspondence is worth some courtesy because that would be somehow dorky, or it would reveal a dependence on the computer...okay, basically what the other commenters said. So.

Word, not wanting to admit computer people are real for fear of getting jerked around is weakness.