Topic: The Friends We Make On The Internet
s1owhand's photo
Thu 07/11/13 06:12 PM

Sometimes people don’t believe me when I say that my blog friends are my real friends. “How can you be friends with someone that you’ve never met?” They say.



“Easily,” I say.



http://sellabitmum.com/2013/07/09/the-friends-we-make-on-the-internet/

flowerforyou

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Thu 07/11/13 06:20 PM
flowerforyou waving

s1owhand's photo
Thu 07/11/13 06:24 PM
:smile:

That article rings true to me...

waving

s1owhand's photo
Thu 07/11/13 06:37 PM
Why in the world was this moved to "chit chat"?

I was interested in discussing the article on making internet
friends which I excerpted and linked. I was not making idle
chit chat or opening a post for friends...

Yanno? I actually posted it in General because I felt it was
the appropriate forum - oh well....

laugh

Maybe I will rephrase it and repost the question differently later...

waving

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Thu 07/11/13 06:59 PM


Sometimes people don’t believe me when I say that my blog friends are my real friends. “How can you be friends with someone that you’ve never met?” They say.



“Easily,” I say.



http://sellabitmum.com/2013/07/09/the-friends-we-make-on-the-internet/

flowerforyou


So so true (((( s1ow))))flowers heartfelt.

s1owhand's photo
Fri 07/12/13 06:35 AM



Sometimes people don’t believe me when I say that my blog friends are my real friends. “How can you be friends with someone that you’ve never met?” They say.



“Easily,” I say.



http://sellabitmum.com/2013/07/09/the-friends-we-make-on-the-internet/

flowerforyou


So so true (((( s1ow))))flowers heartfelt.


I know. I have found it to really have been an interesting
experience meeting people online over the years but for me it
has been unusual because my online interactions long predated
the internet.

I still wish the mods would move this back to general as I
would be interested to get others perspectives on the topic...

If anyone is in touch with a mod ask them to have a look at
replacing back to General? I am not exactly sure who to contact
to address it.

:smile:

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Fri 07/12/13 07:01 AM

Why in the world was this moved to "chit chat"?

I was interested in discussing the article on making internet
friends which I excerpted and linked. I was not making idle
chit chat or opening a post for friends...

Yanno? I actually posted it in General because I felt it was
the appropriate forum - oh well....

laugh

Maybe I will rephrase it and repost the question differently later...

waving
that's OK I tried to put a thread on field ornithology (commonly known as bird watcing) in the science forum and they started to move it to arts and crafts ...WTF??!?!?!?laugh what surprised

so I just asked them to delete it and as far as I know they did

at least yours did not get deleted...lolwaving

oldhippie1952's photo
Fri 07/12/13 07:30 AM


Sometimes people don’t believe me when I say that my blog friends are my real friends. “How can you be friends with someone that you’ve never met?” They say.



“Easily,” I say.



http://sellabitmum.com/2013/07/09/the-friends-we-make-on-the-internet/

flowerforyou



Most people you befriend on the internet are good people, but there are scumbags lurking amongst them.

s1owhand's photo
Sun 07/14/13 03:50 AM



Sometimes people don’t believe me when I say that my blog friends are my real friends. “How can you be friends with someone that you’ve never met?” They say.



“Easily,” I say.



http://sellabitmum.com/2013/07/09/the-friends-we-make-on-the-internet/

flowerforyou



Most people you befriend on the internet are good people, but there are scumbags lurking amongst them.


I agree of course. On the other hand this is very much true also
for the people we meet face to face. There is always a certain
degree of anonymity - there is no way to know someone well just
after you meet them no matter how you meet them.

Takes a very long time to get to know someone really well regardless.

What I find interesting is that in some ways one can get to know
another faster online than in person actually. When we interact
primarily through written communication there is a precision and
certainty in the conversation which goes beyond verbal interaction.

What is missing is the physical part. Tho videochat is helpful
in that regard by at least providing images of the physical....

drinker

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Mon 07/15/13 06:30 AM




Sometimes people don’t believe me when I say that my blog friends are my real friends. “How can you be friends with someone that you’ve never met?” They say.



“Easily,” I say.



http://sellabitmum.com/2013/07/09/the-friends-we-make-on-the-internet/

flowerforyou



Most people you befriend on the internet are good people, but there are scumbags lurking amongst them.


I agree of course. On the other hand this is very much true also
for the people we meet face to face. There is always a certain
degree of anonymity - there is no way to know someone well just
after you meet them no matter how you meet them.

Takes a very long time to get to know someone really well regardless.

What I find interesting is that in some ways one can get to know
another faster online than in person actually. When we interact
primarily through written communication there is a precision and
certainty in the conversation which goes beyond verbal interaction.

What is missing is the physical part. Tho videochat is helpful
in that regard by at least providing images of the physical....

drinker



Thisdrinker

oldhippie1952's photo
Mon 07/15/13 06:50 AM





Sometimes people don’t believe me when I say that my blog friends are my real friends. “How can you be friends with someone that you’ve never met?” They say.



“Easily,” I say.



http://sellabitmum.com/2013/07/09/the-friends-we-make-on-the-internet/

flowerforyou



Most people you befriend on the internet are good people, but there are scumbags lurking amongst them.


I agree of course. On the other hand this is very much true also
for the people we meet face to face. There is always a certain
degree of anonymity - there is no way to know someone well just
after you meet them no matter how you meet them.

Takes a very long time to get to know someone really well regardless.

What I find interesting is that in some ways one can get to know
another faster online than in person actually. When we interact
primarily through written communication there is a precision and
certainty in the conversation which goes beyond verbal interaction.

What is missing is the physical part. Tho videochat is helpful
in that regard by at least providing images of the physical....

drinker



Thisdrinker



Well we all know him I speak of except the newbies. Nuff said.

Ruth34611's photo
Mon 07/15/13 07:17 AM
I completely agree. And most people I know also do not believe that I can have real friendships with people I meet online. I simply point out to them that they have the same issues with the people they supposedly "know" IRL. Lies, betrayal, people pretending to be someone they're not. It's all the same. Online or off. Time shows you who the good ones are and I wouldn't trade my online friends for anything. Sometimes they have been more supportive than my friends IRL.


Ruth34611's photo
Mon 07/15/13 07:18 AM






Sometimes people don’t believe me when I say that my blog friends are my real friends. “How can you be friends with someone that you’ve never met?” They say.



“Easily,” I say.



http://sellabitmum.com/2013/07/09/the-friends-we-make-on-the-internet/

flowerforyou



Most people you befriend on the internet are good people, but there are scumbags lurking amongst them.


I agree of course. On the other hand this is very much true also
for the people we meet face to face. There is always a certain
degree of anonymity - there is no way to know someone well just
after you meet them no matter how you meet them.

Takes a very long time to get to know someone really well regardless.

What I find interesting is that in some ways one can get to know
another faster online than in person actually. When we interact
primarily through written communication there is a precision and
certainty in the conversation which goes beyond verbal interaction.

What is missing is the physical part. Tho videochat is helpful
in that regard by at least providing images of the physical....

drinker



Thisdrinker



Well we all know him I speak of except the newbies. Nuff said.


I don't know and I'm not a newbie.

But I don't want to know.

I'm just glad you are happy now. flowerforyou

oldhippie1952's photo
Mon 07/15/13 07:27 AM
Thanks ruth!! flowerforyou

Shy_Emo_chick's photo
Mon 07/15/13 01:46 PM
I have no time for people who wanna doubt me. They can think what they like about me, so yeah. lol. Just because someone isn't on my Friend List, it doesn't mean we don't chat by e-mail. There are many who are from these forums that e-mail chat with me regularly. I've been on here for years, so I remember all of their names. So many, aswell. drinker

Shy_Emo_chick's photo
Mon 07/15/13 01:47 PM
I have no time for people who wanna doubt me. They can think what they like about me, so yeah. lol. Just because someone isn't on my Friend List, it doesn't mean we don't chat by e-mail. There are many who are from these forums that e-mail chat with me regularly. I've been on here for years, so I remember all of their names. So many, aswell. drinker