Artificial friendships in the virtual world!

Mylot friends are such a blessing for us all.

Correct! Our shared interests and views on how we see life and things around us tie and give sense to our artificial friendships in our virtual world. Eventhough we haven't seen each other in person, there's a feeling of belonging in here. We learn from each other from marriage, friendship, children to national issues,cooking, baking and a lot more. For me, the internet gives another definition on the essence of friendship...it's myLotting!

well i remember my first online friend when i was still playing mmorpg regularly. well its unnatural for me because the only thing you know about that person is the nickname of the avatar. but i really have fun with them.

Long live to artificial friendships in the virtual world! I remembered that I'd written something very similar a few years ago when I first started blogging at some other site. I felt that artificial friends in virtual world are expressing ourselves even more frankly than in real world situation, though some of our faces are just avatars...I think the avatars which let us hide behind the screen also played an important role in encouraging some of us to reveal our inner truth self.

artificial friends with sincere thoughts,.sometimes real world could be harsh and good people is harder to find, but with these websites,the distance is a not a barrier anymore..here in our remote place few people talks about the things I'm sharing here,,specially with my age group,they are too busy wasting time,,its an outlet here for me to express,i could pour anything out and in return i have responses and with that i learn...nice!!!

I am a teenager very much addicted to social networking sites. However i dont just surf, i tried to look for possible earnings too. that's why i landed here at mylot. Virtual world has taught me a lot. I've gained so much friends and connections. Some stayed and became my real good friends, some didnt. I learned to be cautious as well, hearing different stories about negative effects of virtual world, gave me lessons to be smart.

You are right. In the virtual world there is the potential for being artificial, but there is also the opportunity to expand our world so much. We learn from you as well. I was very impressed when you talked about the challenges of going to vote, and how some people endured some hardship because their voting privilege is that important to them, and yet to many people I know it is a right that is often surrendered. We can all learn from each other if we are open to the adventure.

I too get excited everyday to go to MyLot and see what my friends have been up to for the day. I love sharing in their joys and geniunely feel sad for their losses. I have met so many new virtual friends over the years and some are close geographically to me and others are in other countries. I always feel blessed when I met new friends, whether I get to see them face or face, or in a virtual setting.

Hello, I agree this is a virtual world,but not an artificial friendship. I met few friends here on the net and met in person,and now they're one of the best friends i had in real life. I never consider my internet friends an artificial,my feelings towards them are real. When i say hello and how are you,it comes from my heart. Maybe not to everyone,but to those i consider as real friends,it's for real,even if i haven't seen them in person. I had few close friends in this virtual world for years,and still the friendship keeps stronger than ever. Have a good day

hi eileen! i think i share the same excitement as you have towards mylot. i've been here a little over a month and i must say having to learn a great deal from new friends can really make my day. other than being in mylot, i've also met a lot of friends from some of my other virtual activities and i must say, though there are few who just come and go, there are a lot who are genuinely nice and have become my friends for years. let me share a little story. because of my love for foreign culture and my eagerness to learn different languages, i met a woman almost the age of my mom along my course of studying online. she's an Argentinian teacher and she taught me basic spanish. she treated me like her daughter and even if we only communicated online, i felt her sincerity in being a friend to me.i even introduced her to my mom and they've become friends too. i've known her now for over 2 years and we still constantly keep in touch. there can be some who met people online who are strange in a way or are fake but it depends on how you present yourself virtually that you are able to meet genuine people who you can be friends with pretty much like the real friends we have around us.

The way you used 'artificial friendship' makes it sound bad to me. What popped into my mind was some fake friends, full of pretense. Maybe you would want to choose a better word for that, or you could simply say friendship. =D