It’s not what she was saying. Conversations via texts are just as valid as face to face meetings (or at least phone conversations) when you know who you are talking to. My text conversations with my friends or family are valid because I know who they are.

When you texting with someone you don’t know it can’t be as valid as actual talking to a person because you don’t know who you texting to

He could be
A. A child
B. A woman
C. A predator
D. Group pretending to be one person
E. Serial killer etc
F. A bot
G. AI

List goes on