Maybe they were never really just yours to begin with?

This will be the best way to put it and with neuralink implant coming in humans, your thought might not just be yours any more.

ladyluck

fair, maybe text based internet discussions are more akin to written letters while VR is more akin to face to face discussions

Facial Expressions on the Internet

With the advent of VR, I know for a fact a person's physic, demeanour and mannerism can be scanned and transmitted during those sort of communication ergo information will be successfully passed 