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Define friends though, I mean we can call a friend someone who we share stuff with and trust in. Someone to back you up, when you are pinned. I mean I would love to say internet friends are the end all be all, but if that's the person's only only group, I do have a small bit of prejudice in all honesty.

I can't exactly help it to be honest. It's like this.. you can tell a lot in a person by the friends they choose to keep around. If they don't have people they hang out with, I'm under the assumption that they are either hard to trust, or exceptionally shy.

Trust me, I get along with most anyone, but if one chooses not to have physical friends to hang out with, instead of situational circumstances, that to me, is a bit odd.

I know folks take on new personas often times online because folks can not see your face or hear your voice. Bottom line though.. one day they will need a set of real friends in their real life. I'm not exactly saying "feel sorry for them" I'm just saying.. well, it's good to have a physical shoulder to lean on. A friend to take you out for a drink or even a coffee and just chill. I know I have been on the brink of my envelope where if my bud didn't get me out of the house I would flat lose it. Sometimes a voice at the other end (in this case chat) just doesn't do it.. that's all I'm saying.
 
Personally, it's not my business to have a problem with it. If someone has no social life, what do I care? It's not my problem, nor is it any of my business. However, I have friends in real life, and friends on the internet. Sure, logically speaking, I can't hold an internet friend as highly as I do a IRL friend, but that's because it's the internet, and I, as such, can't take things as seriously as I can IRL.

However, that's just my way of looking at it.
 
Contact online is a bit of a double edged sword. In some ways, it keeps people connected. I have recently managed to get back in touch with some old school friends because of Facebook for example, and when I was younger, I made a lot of friends online who really did help my confidence grow.

However, it's a lot easier to lose contact with the people you only talk to online. I have probably lost contact with 50 people I met online, 20 of whom were very good friends I was close to. It's a shame, really, but things often change in life as people move on to different things and get invovled in new experiences.
 
I don't make too many 'friends' on the internet. I have people I am friendly with and people I like but I wouldn't call them my friends. Though when I do happen make an internet friend I will treasure them and treat them like I would a real life friend, sometimes even better.

I'd be very, very upset if I had lost contact with the internet friend because i usually put a lot of time and effort into the friendship, I value them and I dunno, it would just hurt if they could pack up and leave and I'd never hear from them again, I'm sure they'd feel the same if I did something the same.

I am guilty of just disappearing from the face of the earth on forums and other internet sites, but I always make sure I have a way of contacting the people I've befriended. There is never a time where you should just ditch the friends you've made online because you're growing older or growing out of foruming etc. They're just like a real life friend, and with technology as it is atm the only thing you can't really do with them is hang out in person.
 
I've drifted away from so many friends, I'm used to it. I try to keep in contact, but for one reason or another, it just didn't work. Ehh that is what it is. Can't really do much about it for now.

As for forums, this is my first forum I've ever been a part of. I have no plans of ever fully leaving. I'll just take some breaks here and there. I'll always come back home though. The only way I'm leaving is if the site gets shut down. I like the idea of becoming a veteran and welcoming the new generation of users once all the guys that are currently on have left.

I'm not close with anybody on here. I guess you could say I have some friends, but considering I've been here less than a month, nothing serious has developed. My two best forum friends are Cyanista and Gideon.

So yeah, I plan on staying on this site for a very long time.
 
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