Making friends online

[Deleted member 61785]

Do you try to make friends online? How do you do it?

Back in my early days of using the Internet, I found it very easy to make friends online. My friend list on MSN was always full to the fullest, and I would have conversations with numerous people on a daily basis. These days, it's harder to connect with people (in my experience) despite the fact that there are millions of people all over social media. Just me?

tl;dr I don't have any friends please DM me

 

[Gizmo]

I find it easier to make friends online rather than offline.

 

[Soulwatcher]

I don't try and make friends online I let it happen naturally because those are the best kind of friends that will have your back no matter what.

 

[Page]

Most people even myself make friends online more so and online however you do get days when you may Pee them off and then get the benta with them XD

People online you really do not know them 100% anyway end of the day even if you talked to them for 5 or more years

 

[MrDawn]

I find it easier to make friends online rather than offline.

Same here. I have nothing in common with a lot of people where I live. It's a small town. Not a lot of interesting people.

 

[PGen98]

I don't try to make friends, but for some reason people tolerate me, so I'm very fortunate to have some wonderful online friends.

 

[Deleted member 31696]

You can definitely make friends online, I'd say I have about the same number of online friends as I do "real" friends at the moment. I have a group of online friends that I speak to every single day, they know more about me than most.

I think you absolutely have to be careful and it's not like I meet someone and instantly tell them my life story. But overtime I think you can get a sense if someone is genuine or not. Kind of life online dating, I'm sure there are many catfishes and horrible people who will take advantage, but there are a few diamonds in the rough out there.

 

[TechWiz18]

I've had what I thought were friends a few years ago but things didn't turn out well for one reason or another. I haven't been the most active in the online scene to have made a ton of friends, but I am generally open to regularly chatting with people.

 

[iamawriter]

I got an online friend who visited me a few years ago She came from the UK along with her friend.

 

[Van Daan]

I don't try to make friends, but for some reason, people tolerate me, so I'm very fortunate to have some wonderful online friends.

I've got the same attitude when it comes to making friends online. I never forced friendship, but people who felt comfortable with me online ended up becoming my friends.

 

[PGen98]

I've got the same attitude when it comes to making friends online. I never forced friendship, but people who felt comfortable with me online ended up becoming my friends.

It's a good way to be, I suppose, always having a friend nearby that you can chat to, confide in and so on 🙂

 

[Yarik]

I find it very easy to make friends online. Finding people with mutual interests is way faster on the internet. But I believe "friends on the internet" and "real-life friends" aren't the same. There's a bigger connection to real-life friends, and because of that, they also feel more trustworthy. They can help you in more ways.

 

[Felly]

I've had a fair few online groups of friends over the years, and it's always been nice. These days, I wouldn't really say I have a group that I regularly talk to and hang out with online, but I do have a few internet friends that I'll chat with on Discord. It's quite nice having people to talk to, but I've never really forced friendship and have learned over the years that sometimes it's best to cut things off if you have to.

I do find it easier for me to talk to people online than irl though, and I think that's just because I'm not as willing to be open about my interests irl than I am online, where people tend not to care as much. (Of course, irl, I have a number of people I can talk to about gaming and stuff at work, but not to a huge extent and not to a point where I'd hang out with them outside of work.)

 

[Ravenfreak]

I find it easier to make friends online rather than in real life. I only have one best friend in real life other than my wife lol.

 

[Katrina]

I don't purposely go out to find new friends online...same IRL, I just wait for it to happen naturally out of our interactions. I see if we click with our personalities and I prefer people who are kind, honest, funny and good-natured.

 

[UniqueGrace]

I find it very easy to make friends online. Finding people with mutual interests is way faster on the internet. But I believe "friends on the internet" and "real-life friends" aren't the same. There's a bigger connection to real-life friends, and because of that, they also feel more trustworthy. They can help you in more ways.

The first few friends I had was from online before I started making offline friends though I found it easier to make friends online than offline because our mutual interest click faster online than offline.

Yeah, "friends on the internet" and "real-life friends" aren't the same because i have experienced it several times and guess the people I found more trustworthy, that's the same offline friends.