Greg; I was subtly using our “Invasion” as an example of actually, physically, “Getting together”.
Getting together using “Cyber Space”, can be limiting. The telephone can be an improvement (Less limiting), but the ultimate “Get-together” is meeting, shaking hands, looking at each other eyeball to eyeball…where true communication, human with human, takes place.
Even with modern transportation (Even including railways) can be out of the question for many, due to distance, expense, and even politics.
…so we have to make do with the three modes of communication available to the most people…the web (Cyber Space), the telephone, and yes, the old fashioned so-called, Snail Mail.
How we use, and react to these modes, depends at all times on how the individual person is educated in each of the skills. Even using the ultimate form of communication, some people just don’t have, want to have, that experience…sort of like being a recluse, or hermit.
I like to have the option of using whatever mode(s) are available, in order to meet other people with similar interests, so that I can learn, and share with others…and on a lot of great occasions, make great new friends.
Why anyone would go out of their way to avoid using as many modes of communication as possible, is beyond my understanding, but…we all are free to make our lives fit our desires…hopefully not hurting others.
Summing up my understanding of a “Get together”:…“Any possible way that a group of like minded people can COMMUNICATE together, to increase the sharing of knowledge, understanding, care and friendship”
Fred Mills.