Blaze Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 A random topic I seem to see on a lot of forums now is people discussing whether people you meet on the internet count or are like real friendships. For me anyways, I've met what i'd consider to be some of my best/closest friends online and I wouldnt change them! How about everyone else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ Riot Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 well yes i would consider them real very real indeed i met my girlfriend on this forum and we av the irish seas separting us and i have met 4 other ppl on this forum and they are good friends of mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laura.RIOT! Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 ive only met one person in life off here, but hes a really good friend of mine, i'd even say hes probably one of my best friends and im really close with a few other people so uhm... yeah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elbereth Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 I've met some of the coolest people ever on the net. And i consider them real friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JadeIsRad Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwik-silva Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 Real! (Otherwise I haven't got any... ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeshiShay Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 I have a lot friends from the internet, and they know everything about me. I think that is much easy to open someone on the internet,to me anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laura.RIOT! Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 i actually met my best friend online and we're like sisters we meet up with each other near enough every month she's one of the best friends ive ever had Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwik-silva Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 I've never intentionally met anyone off the net, not properly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 I'd say I know some cool people I know online who I talk to regularly who I would consider friends, but I've never met anyone from the internet. I probably would meet people though if I had a car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SalsaC Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 I think there are certain degrees of privacy and (possibly) illusion involved in relationships formed online. So there's always the possibility that it's built on lies and preconceived expectations, no matter how genuine you think the other person is. Often this is not the case, though, so I believe it is possible to form a "not fake" friendship over the net. I see nothing wrong with considering people you've met online "real friends" but there's still something missing if you are only talking over MSN or whatever. That's why I, personally, avoid the word "real", because I reserve that to an "IRL friendship", which is still a whole different world. My personal experiences on the subject...I'm very conscious about the line between internet and the real world, so if I really open myself up online, it's because of me being anonymous, nothing more. I've been close to meeting someone I know from the internet a couple of times, but it's never happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ Riot Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 ^ i can see were ur coming from but in my case all the ppl i have met have been genuine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laura.RIOT! Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 i can understand where people come from about them not being genuine my friend made friends with someone who actually turned out to be none existant... she told her a lot of personal stuff, now shes really wary about online friends and tbh, i dont blame her Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SalsaC Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 Yeah, what I said is only a slight possibility. A good judgement never hurts, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jorgi Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 i think there's maybe one person on here i'd count as a "friend", haha... that's nothing personal against the rest of you, you're all lovely people, but it's just the way it is. don't really speak to many of you on a one-to-one basis so yeah. am friends with a whole bunch of people i skate with who, looking back i did infact meet years ago from discussions on an internet forum (not this one) but who now i don't count as "internet friends" just friends. friend friends. i'm not too big on the whole e-social thing, i mean i use the internet as a tool to maintain friendships for sure but these days it's more i just use it to wind down and spout crap that no one else would listen to ! not necessarily to form social relationships - although that isn't to say that i don't want to, it's just not my "goal" perhaps. (this whole post makes me sound really pretentious, i realise - perhaps i am ! i'm nice really. maybe) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the1 Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 meh. tbh its just a way of passing time. I speak to some people I'd consider "friends", and I'm meeting Ross tommorow, but all in all my real life takes priority, so I probably won't be on much come Uni. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alicia Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 ^ Same. & Take pictures. xD I've met one girl on the internet, but that was more because a friend of mine knew her (from the webxD) & she added me & now we're good friends, soyeah.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 Ooh I agree with you. I've known most of some good friends I have who i talk to online for 2+ years now. Some I've known recently, and know we'll be good long - time friends. On a Green Day forum, a girl lives like a 20 minute drive away from me. We were shocked, and I've only known her almost two months, but we're already good friends. My mom actually ran into her by the mall which was a surprise to her, haha. We may go to a concert together on tuesday and plan to hang out this summer!. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anavi Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 i would have to say yes i do think of them as real friends...if you talk to someone on daily bases they somehow become part of your life...mabye i live in a farytale but i like to think that the people i've met this way are speaking thruth of themselves...as i speak of myself... and i met some people not form ths forum( couse you all live so far away from me) and they became some of my really closest friends... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hubabalou Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 Well, from my personal experience, I've made one of my best friends through this site. Maddie and I met at a Paramore show after we found out that we were going to the same show on here. Now we talk daily, and she's come to visit me and I'm visiting her next month. We're honestly the best of friends now. I basically can tell her anything... and I owe it all to meeting her here on PF. And I consider a lot of other people on here friends and I'm sure that if I did in fact meet them in person I would be better friends with them. I think the internet can definitely produce real friendships. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watchthesky Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 to me, a friend is a friend regardless of where you met them i've met two of my best friends online one of them i've talked to daily for a good five years i think that counts as a friend even if i've never seen her face-to-face and i've met a lot of other people online that i ended up seeing in person that i never would have met otherwise i don't think it's a bad thing at all, or that it's 'fake' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrLittleDecoy Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 let's say, i made my only real friends through the internet. i've known them for 2 years now. all of them live on the other side of the country, but we try to meet as many times as it's possible. and we talk every day on msn. it's the #2 reason why i'm so addicted to internet... i can talk with my friends only through it. i have no idea what i'd do without them. oh and yes, if it wasn't so obvious, Dia is one of them. for sure. <3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guro Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 I think of them as friends for sure. Even though I haven't met any of them in real(and I prolly won't or at least not in a few years) I think of them as really close friend of mine. Feel free to call me stupid to do that, but I choose to believe that they are genuine, and not making up stuff if you get what I mean. I can take Maddie for an example, even though we live in a whole different place of the world, I talk to her on almost a daily basis. And I tell her more about my life than I do with my friends I see everyday. I think it's easier to be honest with people that's not in the same place as you, I don't really know why. Maybe it's because you won't exactly see the reaction to what you tell them. I really see Maddie as one of my closest friends, even though I may not be one of her closest, that's the way I feel :] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrLittleDecoy Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 oh and i almost forgot to tell i met my ex bf through the internet ...it didn't end up good though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherry Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 i've got no real friends in real,i've tried to be friend with them but they did gossip about me, one of them tried to fight with me and she was friend of mine since 1 year old. so i dont want anymore ''fake'' friends near me. and my best friend is from the internet.i met with her on a turkish paramore fan forum and she's going to come to my city for see me again,she's the best of me. so distance is not that important Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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