TLDR: Summary

The influences that bid us to avoid this sort of personal detective work are probably more ever-present in this modern technological age than they ever were before. Cyberspace is rife with opportunities for projection, and people can become very lost in its offers of (seemingly) instant affirmation. Longing to find a kindred spirit, a person may become attached to their idea about someone they're interacting with online without really having a lot of actual facts to go on.