Why do internet-based friendships always fail ?

Perhaps they become so taken with you and so enamored with the honor you bestowed on them that they become discouraged; they can no longer bear the idea of participating in a relationship that is based merely on their inclusion in or exclusion from another person's "friends list", which is an infinitesimal trifle in comparison to the true realities of friendship: a deep respect and admiration that can resemble the feelings of love and sacrifice found in an intimate relationship. The internet only provides us with shadow relationships and, instead of friendships, offers us only vanity, egotism and loneliness. The internet is for "MySpace" only - not "OurSpace" - and thus even those budding relationships that appear to have some character and vitality can easily be discarded, for no apparent reason.