online interaction

Web-based social contact

Online interaction is communication or engagement that occurs over the internet—through social media, messaging, forums, video calls, or multiplayer games.

The term often contrasts with face-to-face contact: Most of their friendship exists through online interaction.

Online interactions range from brief exchanges to sustained relationships, and may feel less consequential than in-person encounters despite real emotional weight.

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Discord · video call · community building · trust-building · anonymity · email · avatar · friend request · like · trolling · keyboard warrior · cyberbullying · cancel culture · ghosting · Zoom · post · lurking · collaboration

Opposites
medium/modality

online interactionface-to-face interaction

Communication with physical presence

physical presence · telephone conversation · snail mail

presence/embodiment

online interactionphysical presence

Being somewhere in body

human touch · eye contact

social engagement

online interactionsocial isolation

Lack of human contact

solitude · social withdrawal · hermitage · seclusion

Family

online, interact, interaction, interactive, inter-

Familiarity
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G