Are online friends our real friends?

I cannot say that all my online friends are real but I can say that I have many good friends online. Majority is good.I don't usually talk with them every day but in times of need, they are always there for me. I am thankful because even though we don't meet in persons or we have different nationalities, it do not become a hindrance for our friendship. Even they have different languages and I have my own too, still we can understand each other. I am happy because of that. I treasure my online friends.

True friendship have foundations that distinguish them.Friendship is in my opinion is tender Without Borders and the exchange of feelings and honesty in transactions. If meets those conditions with the correspondence with him on the social networking pages, there is nothing wrong with that A true friend is a person who is next to you a time of adversity and not in the delights and joys.

good day r0cker, with regard to your query, generally online friends remain as online pal since they are just met virtually. though some of them exert effort to meet personally still being real in a friendship will only be gauge once a tight situation arise.

a study says that compared to online friendship, friendship in the real world involves more: Mutual dependence, depth of relationship, mutual tolerance and commitment. If you can not replace friends "in the real world", then what is the benefit of friends online? Technology allows us to keep in touch with friends who are located far away from where we are, but it also helps the shy and lonely people to meet new friends.

So far as our friends in Mylot are concerned,I don't know what to say.Only a few of us use our real names.We don't know where they live.I don't think they can be our real friends.We have never seen each other.We are also in the dark about their nature.But despite all this,I admit,some of my friends in Mylot have offered to provide all possible help if I need it.I think,it depends on both us and them.May be some of them are as helpful to us as our real friends.

Anyone can be a real friend as long as you put in effort into doing so. Popularity in terms of friend quantity in Facebook is so overrated, it isn't like Friendster or MySpace anymore, no one gives a damn on how many friends you have on Facebook. I mean, no one really has more than 1000 friends and communicate to each one of them on a daily basis. Erm nope.

Online friends are different from real friends and like me i have hundreds of friends online but the real friends i have can only be counted with my two hands, and i know that i can count on them in times of need.

While some of our real world friends do become friends Online on different social networking sites, most need to be treated differently and cautiously. Do not tell too many details about yourself when online. It is advisable to be discreet in one's approach.

It All Depends . On How You Treat Them . Even I do Have Many Friends On Facebook. But I Know Whom To Trust . Most Of Them Are My Real Friends.

I just laugh it off when people boast the number of friends they have in social networking sites. To me, what's more important is my real friends in life. They are my treasure and I will cherish and protect them for as long as I can. That's whats more important, my real life friends whom I can cry, hold my hand when I need them, share coffee with, and laugh out loud with! :)

I ave mentioned from a previous post that I have a lot of Facebook friends but they were only there coz I needed to reach out to a lot of people for my online shop. Well, some of them I got to be friends with over time. But I still consider my real friends are my old friends from high school.

No they are not your real friends. It's just a word made up and it seems to sound good/great to many to say they have 500 friends. If they will help you in times of need depends on the person and only the need and time (years) will tell. I would not count on it.

rockers, Yeah.... you've got a bunch of friends if your on facebook and your certain if those friends are exactly who they are.Online frauds and malicious activities becomes widespread,so take time to get to know them properly before trusting them.

I cannot say that other people have real friends of not in social networking sites. But if me, I have thousands friends in one of my social networking accounts. They are my real friends. Friends are doesn't have to fulfilled our needs. Friends are people that knowing each other and those who have ever made interaction each other. So, even though you have not ever met someone before, but you are knowing each other and have conversation before, you can assume his or her as your friend on social networking sites.

I have a great number of "acquaintances" both here, and on other social sites....AND I also, have a number of lovely friends! Yes, there are friends here, I have bonded deeply with, and connect by other forms, other than this forum, e-mail, cards, letters and telephone! To me, there is a tremendous difference in acquaintances..and friends! Welcome to myLot...this is a wonderful place where you will find you will make REALLY GOOD friends!

Dear friend, Mostly a common positive thinkers likes friends and want good friends. But online friends we never know what they are here for nor never saw them. But some of them could be our good friends too, this can only be finalised after we either see them or talk to them and how well we can understand. But still as we could see there are lots of faulty people. May be we should be careful.

I think it is rather silly to have so many 'friends' on list on Myspace and Facebook or any others for that manner. They might be aquaintances but not friends. No, they aren't all our friends. I have some good friends on Facebook but not all are friends. Most aren't infact.

I prefer not to have a long list of friends on Facebook whom I couldn't even bother catching up with anyway. I have a cousin who has more than a thousand friends connected to her Facebook and it's because she simply accepts friend requests even if it's just a random friend of an existing friend. She does have a circle of friends whom she can ask for help most of the time. She's more outgoing than my sisters and other cousins.

Yeah I understand what you mean. A lot of the people on social networking sites we really aren't close too. We can add them to our friends list,etc but that doesn't mean that they will be there when we need them. Or that we even talk to them often.

Yes, because the people I have in my FB are my friends and family. i don't accept friends of friends. There are actually a lot of pending requests that I have not accepted. I don't know why, I just don't like to clutter my FB with people whom are not really close to me.