Do you have online friends?

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I mean friends that you met online and that you chat to regularly? Perhaps you've met up with them.
I have some online friends, we have met twice in three years.
I really enjoy their friendship but sometimes think that perhaps I should be putting more effort into my real life friendships. Why am I putting so much energy into people I rarely see?
Just wondered about others experiences.

I used to. Met a bunch of lovely ladies on a baby chat forum back in 2009. We used to chat regularly online and became FB friends. I even met one who lived around 50 miles away. As time went on we stopped posting online and I have removed off FB as nothing in common. I didn't like seeing their children meeting milestones etc and how confident they were on FB posts when my son has SEN. It upset me do another reason I removed.

No. All my friends are people I have met in RL.

Yes, and met them in real life. Not really through MN, more Twitter.

Yes, have online friends through a shared hobby that I message daily. Also do occasional video calls. They live in various countries worldwide and we've all gained a huge amount from our friendship. Some of us have now met in person. Never thought I'd have this, I'm not young!

Yes, through gaming and I did meet up with six of them once at a group meet up I have some friends I have gamed with online since 2013. A couple live in the States, we all plan to meet up with our partners in tow next year.

Yes, through here and through another board. We have met up, had weekends away together and so on. I probably see about as much of them as I do friends I met IRL who don't live locally.

Yeah, I’ve got a couple of online friends I talk to more than the people I actually see in person.