Isolated and lonely?

This morning while I was getting ready for work, I watched an interview on Canada AM that made me laugh. They were interviewing a U of C professor named Michael Keren, who has written a book on bloggers. (The Canada AM website also has an accompanying article here.)

I got a kick out of his comment that "individuals who bare their souls in blogs are isolated and lonely, living in a virtual reality instead of forming real relationships or helping to change the world." Now, I'm sure this is true to some extent, but I just can't see how this applies to most bloggers. Almost every blog I've ever read was written by people who have perfectly normal social lives.

Isolated and lonely? That's kind of harsh. Alright, maybe I am lonely, but I don't blog because I'm lonely.

As a matter of fact, I met my best friend and fiance through my blog. Hah! Take that, Michael Keren!