"i wonder how alienated everyone feels thanx to the internet..."
I think just as alienated as they do elsewhere? Something like taking the time to focus on a group taking away from the time one spends focusing drawing attention to oneself . . . As a contributing factor, anyway . . .
I feel less alienated because of the internet. it's allowed me to find people who share more of my interests, and in a forum where drunkeness is not a necessity. :D
I've met a lot of the people I've met on the net in person. I think that's prolly what keeps it from being alienating.