Poll: Internet friendship?
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It all depends on the person, if you interact a lot with the people online then they are important, its the same for people in real life, you might get along real well with some classmates, co-workers or even family members.
You as a person assign importance to the people you interact with.
You as a person assign importance to the people you interact with.
So by that logic, if you met your onling friends in real life, they would automatically become boring and/or annoying by sheer virtue of the fact that you are face-to-face with them.Blargh McBlargh said:
If everyone you've met in real life is boring/annoying, you aren't making much effort to actually get out there and meet people.
Friends are friends, whether you get to know them in the flesh or through text. Granted it's harder to tell if a person online is really all they say they are, but people will bend the truth regardless of the means of communication. It's also more convenient online, with or without being face-to-face friends, because emails and IMs can have hours between responses without as much awkwardness as being face to face and going quiet.
Of course it's sometimes hard to remember that just because a person talks to you doesn't mean they see you as close a friend as you may see them. Or maybe they feel you're closer friends than you believe you are.
Of course it's sometimes hard to remember that just because a person talks to you doesn't mean they see you as close a friend as you may see them. Or maybe they feel you're closer friends than you believe you are.
I'm kind of an anti-social dick so internet friends work really well for me. Its all the stimulation you get from an intelligent personality without having to put up with the strain of their physical person. I realize there are probably some limits to human interaction thats completely virtual, but like I said, its a lot less stressfull for me than having to talk to an actual person.
Some internet friends are really internet acquaintances who you meet in one game and they are your friend only in the context of said game. This is like some work, school, activity friends who you never care to see outside of work, school, or that activity. Those aren't real friends either.
Some I have played with across multiple games/platforms for years and have kept tabs with, these are basically real friends who live far away. Those who live close, or I happened to travel near in this context I have met in person and gamed with in person though so I guess they crossed over into the real friend category?
Some I have played with across multiple games/platforms for years and have kept tabs with, these are basically real friends who live far away. Those who live close, or I happened to travel near in this context I have met in person and gamed with in person though so I guess they crossed over into the real friend category?
well i have quite a lot of online friends. for one, the majority of my friends that i knew personally have become online friends after i moved to Florida and they stayed in California. however i do have a LOT of purely-online friends that i know a lot about and mean a lot to me. they've helped me (emotionally) to get through some hard times and are quite fun to talk with.
but i think i'm something of a special case... seeing as i belong to the Furry community (something i generally don't advertize despite my avvi) and online friends tend to be quite important to us...
but i think i'm something of a special case... seeing as i belong to the Furry community (something i generally don't advertize despite my avvi) and online friends tend to be quite important to us...
I picked "Yes", although I don't have any only-internet friends anymore. Either I know the person in real life and interact with him/her through the internet for convenience, or I've met the person online and he/she has gotten a real life friend over the time.
I've met a few of my online friends face to face. I do not regret either instance whatsoever. Both times went surprisingly well.
I don't look at whether or not they're internet friends or real friends. To me it's a bit more complex than that.
I don't look at whether or not they're internet friends or real friends. To me it's a bit more complex than that.
I have a number of online friends that are just as good, if not better, friends than some of my RL buddies. It's pretty rare for such bonds to form, but I've been playing MMOs and various other online games with the same group of people for 6+ years now, and we're all rather close.
I would like more internet friends- but i'd see them more as long distance. I'm doing alright with my IRL friends until that time!
i used to have internet friends but i severed all ties when i realised that my real friends were the people that i belonged with
they are the people that absorb all my senseless noise and turn it into something constructive, i'd love to elaborate on such feelings but it's hard to put into words when such an odd puzzle piece such as myself fits into something.
they are the people that absorb all my senseless noise and turn it into something constructive, i'd love to elaborate on such feelings but it's hard to put into words when such an odd puzzle piece such as myself fits into something.