Nov 24 2008
The Internet keeps friendships going
The Internet can be good and bad. Sure, perverts trying to hook up with minors hang out in chatrooms, trying to attract minors and of course there is identity theft over the Internet.
But in most cases, in my life, the Internet has been positive.
Using social networks like Facebook and MySpace have definitely helped me keep friendships or helped my friendships along. Working full time makes it harder to call my friends like I used to in high school. In college, I used instant messenger to talk to most of my friends.
When I come home from a long or bad day, I don’t feel like calling people.
The Internet helps keep me updated with my friends’ lives with no trouble at all. I can log onto Facebook and see who has a baby. Or see what my friends are doing at this exact moment with status updates. I can invite my friends to a party or a night out with www. Evite.com.
Don’t get me wrong. I still like to talk to my friends over the phone. It’s always nice to hear someone’s voice when you haven’t talked to them for a while.
Nice article.
For me, the internet hasn’t really helped find new friends. I mean I have met so many people on the net but I’m not really in touch with most of them and I’m more closer to the ones I meet or I know personally.
But, I do agree with the point of the article saying that ‘Internet keeps friendships going’. I always make it a point to keep in touch with people who I’ve met either through Facebook, Orkut or emails.