Only Online?
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I make an amendment and say i only know them online but i do emphasize that i actually do know them well as a person. If i have video chatted with them i mention that as well as that adds to the fact of knowing someone. It is about as close as you can get to getting to know someone without actually being there. I pretty much say i know someone even if i just know them online. If someone disagrees then that is their problem.
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I have gotten pretty close to some people I have met on the internet.I do specify that they are online friends when they are mentioned in conversation, but to be honest I think I know a couple of them better than I know the friends I see on a regular basis. While the internet can be an outlet for lies it can also be an outlet for the truth. I see that some people are more themselves when online than in public.
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Pretty much this.
I personally can't see the difference between online interactions and physical ones.
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Who cares what others think? Getting to know anybody is always a crap shoot--online or in real life. If you value a friendship, value it without worrying what "others" will think.
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what she said
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i personally think you can get to know someone well online, and i see some of you agree, yay!
irl though, i always qualify my statements about knowing someone online. not because i think it matters, but because i've been taught to do so, bleh.
irl though, i always qualify my statements about knowing someone online. not because i think it matters, but because i've been taught to do so, bleh.
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Yep.
OK, I actually have to add more.
I don't see it as that much different that friends from work or friends from school or friends from any other distinct realm. Yes, in real life you see them and physically interact with them, and that's not a small aspect of knowing, but in most relationships, we only see some small part of someone's experience and presentation. Does that mean we don't say we know them or even call them friend?
Ultimately each person has to make their own choice about what degree of "knowing" they're comfortable giving label to. That's really your choice. Personal comfort level with the social acceptance aspect is definitely a legitimate part of the equation.
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I agree. I have friends on-line who I am actually closer with than in real life. In real-life many relationships are based on proximity and/or convenience. My connections on-line come via some inner understanding or commonality that transcends physical proximity.
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+1 to everyone here. 
Then again, it depends on how much you've talked with. If say, it's only online gaming partners, I won't say the degree of 'knowing' is the same with say, forum members.
And even with fake identities, we're often saying we 'know' the identity we're seeing in front of us, aren't we? So if someone said 'I know A', they implies 'I know A (from what I'm seeing)'...so I guess knowing someone and knowing whether what they are showing are true or not is different aspects altogether (albeit one that's connected)
then again, is it a MBTI thing?
Then again, it depends on how much you've talked with. If say, it's only online gaming partners, I won't say the degree of 'knowing' is the same with say, forum members.
And even with fake identities, we're often saying we 'know' the identity we're seeing in front of us, aren't we? So if someone said 'I know A', they implies 'I know A (from what I'm seeing)'...so I guess knowing someone and knowing whether what they are showing are true or not is different aspects altogether (albeit one that's connected)
then again, is it a MBTI thing?