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How can anyone really know a couple hundred people really really well?
That's what I don't get. I have about 83 friends, but a number of them... I don't really know at all. I added them naively thinking I'd get to know them and make new friends/rekindle old friendships. *Sigh*
Still, the best indicators for friendship is how much you're willing to invest in it, as in actually go hang out somewhere in person or to pick up the phone to chat. That's not to say that people can't become friends online, but it's much harder and requires steady contact over a long long period of time.
Exactly. And of course, online friendships are real - I mean, I think fandom is living proof of that. But you're right, you have to do something with it.
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How can anyone really know a couple hundred people really really well?
That's what I don't get. I have about 83 friends, but a number of them... I don't really know at all. I added them naively thinking I'd get to know them and make new friends/rekindle old friendships. *Sigh*
Still, the best indicators for friendship is how much you're willing to invest in it, as in actually go hang out somewhere in person or to pick up the phone to chat. That's not to say that people can't become friends online, but it's much harder and requires steady contact over a long long period of time.
Exactly. And of course, online friendships are real - I mean, I think fandom is living proof of that. But you're right, you have to do something with it.