IRL friends more than IG friends?

http://national.deseretnews.com/art...he-technological-impact-on-communication.html

"For instance, in one study we found that while empathy can be dispensed in the virtual world, it is only one-sixth as effective in making the recipient feel socially supported compared with empathy proffered in the real world. "-http://www.wsj.com/articles/is-technology-making-people-less-sociable-1431093491

--- Double Post Merged, Jun 13, 2016, Original Post Date: Jun 13, 2016 ---

But no fear of sitting alone with your crush?

 

Copy and paste the whole story into a private message because I'm not wasting £1 on some useless bs.

 

I feel I have less fear in dreams. Another factor might also be I woke up on the ground with brusies.

 

you can have shallow and deep internet friendships just the same as shallow and deep in-person friendships.

You might have experienced that time during the summer when you've only got a couple people who text you or only bother to text a few people yourself - those are your real friends. The majority of friends made at school end up being friends of convenience just because you saw each other everyday, and you eventually realize you're not that close with them when this environment is taken away.

The same can be said online, you log on to a server or website everyday and there's a group you hang out with, but if the server went down tomorrow would you still talk to them regularly?

What defines a friendship's value is how much effort is put into it. How much you share with each other, how much you care about each other, how much you go out of your way to speak to one another, how much you rely on one another, etc. This value can't be diminished by distance from each other, or how much time you spend in person.

 

The pound, I assume, is for Data costs...?And it won't change the amount of data being transferred.

 

I mean, I've met two friends on the Internet in real life. So they are me real life friends. But I really don't classify my friends. They're my friends and some of closer to others. The restrictions of the Internet matters to me less and less as time goes on, and when I'm older I hope to meet the close friends I've acquired through the Internet.

 

I say both are equal except I manly have acquaintances and a hand full of friends.

 

It wants me to pay a pound to view the article.

 

This is what I think 100%.

 

yes, a "news source" with a section totally dedicated to "faith" and a paper owned by rupert murdoch...

definitely no conservative bias here nope

 

This is going to be super confusing so get ready...
I see my 'In game friends" and "In real life friends" as equals, well, almost equals.
It's nice to have someone you can talk to anytime and anywhere without having to schedule anything, or when you really need the emotional support. I understand it's nice having a friend you can talk to SUPER late at night about anything, etc.

But when I imagine talking to an IG friend super late at night or an IRL friend? Something about talking to an IRL friend at night seems more, connecting? It's like when you have a sleepover and they wake you up in the middle of the night and you talk for hours about random things, hopes, dreams, and the past. Having that mental connection and physical connection with someone at those times is really meaningful and memorable. You remember feeling the forced push as your friend attempts to wake you up, you remember the tone of their voice, you remember the words they say, you remember them trying to comfort you with a hug and you trying to comfort them with a hug, you remember almost everything, because it's so out of the blue, and you can feel the atmosphere in that moment, wether it being sad, or imaginative. You still remember it.

Not saying the same doesn't go for IG friends, it just isn't so connected?

Having the 'at night' conversation with an IG friend can be emotional, it is meaningful, and you do attempt to comfort the person depending on what you're talking about at the time. You just don't have that deep connection with an in game friend. For my case, you don't hear the sound of their voice, you don't get the physical feeling of comfort, it's only mentally there -- which still means something, but it isn't so, memorable? Unless, it's personal just between the two of you, unless whatever you said to the person really meant something to you or the thing the person said to you really meant something to them. You don't remember the small details, you only remember the words that aren't said but sent.

Does all of this mean I appreciate them the same as an IRL friend? Yes.
Does this mean I care about them the same as an IRL friend? Yes.

It really depends on what friends you have or how you act towards your friends.
I don't know if this made sense.
I could write more.