这可以让我们公开我们不能面对面讨论的事情，在线支持群体依赖这种坦诚来让成员们讨论他们最深的恐惧和希望。

It can allow us to open up about things that we can't discuss face-to-face. Online support groups rely on this openness to allow members to discuss their deepest hopes and fears.

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实际上，他们认为即使在成员之间没有面对面的交流，相互之间互不认识，而且他们的“群体”行为没有实际影响力的情况下，还是有可能形成群体。

In fact they thought a group could form even when there was no face-to-face contact between members, none of the people knew each other and their 'group' behaviour had no practical consequences.

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早期人类社会仅仅限于亲缘关系群体之内在面对面情境中的互动，而且信用关系不会超出几十个亲戚的范围。

Early human sociability was limited to face-to-face interactions within close-knit kin groups, and trust didn't extend beyond a few dozen relatives.

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