Transparasocial interaction

The term that made the field relevant to the internet, and the reason the word changed: the phenomenon did not, only the possibility of contact. It is the same bond with the floor removed, which is why it feels better and goes wrong faster.

Consideration. The part where somebody stops and thinks. The research, the diagnosis, the ethics, the lawsuits, the regulators. Roughly fifty years of arguing with itself about whether this is a relationship.

Application. One-sided attachment put to work on purpose. Creator economies, community, fandom as infrastructure, and the things that genuinely help people. Not automatically good - a tool with an obvious use is a tool that will also get a bad one.