Suspiria Finucane Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Do you make friends on the forums or do you only make friends in-world? I know I've met many people on the forums and are now close friends with quite a few of them. It has even gone further now with all my new freinds on twitter. Isn't networking fantabulous? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monderas Bristol Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Suspiria Finucane wrote: Do you make friends on the forums or do you only make friends in-world? I know I've met many people on the forums and are now close friends with quite a few of them. It has even gone further now with all my new friends on twitter. Isn't networking fantabulous? I guess both. I've made friends inworld because of talking on the forums. and there are people I know, like yourself, whom I have never spoken to inworld but talk one to one with on Twitter or other forum boards. I'll just add Suspiria, that I'm generally open to a friend request if it pops up on my screen unless I've never had contact with someone before. Random friend requests really annoy me. *huggs* Mondy (will get round to making an avatar pic one day) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suspiria Finucane Posted March 8, 2011 Author Share Posted March 8, 2011 Monderas Bristol wrote: I'll just add Suspiria, that I'm generally open to a friend request if it pops up on my screen unless I've never had contact with someone before. Random friend requests really annoy me. *huggs* Mondy (will get round to making an avatar pic one day) I'm with you on this one. If I have a good conversation with someone or see the potential of a friendship, I accept or offer friendship in-world. Random friend requests are ignored. Requests for teh secks are muted. :smileyvery-happy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quinn Morani Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Both, but lately weighted pretty heavily toward friends I've made in the forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XiuLan Quan Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 I have a few friends that I have met via the forums and a few more I'd like to share a friendship with inworld. Most of my friends inworld I have known almost since I started SL. I keep my list very small because I don't like having a whole bunch of people hanging out on a list that I never interact with. I used to twitter and Plurk, but since I decided to focus on my education and obtaining a doctorate...I have scaled down quite a bit and only use SL. I like being able to log in and explore, chat with friends and relax from my sometimes full, hectic schedule. Participating in the forums is a great way for me to take little breaks while I am reading, reaserching and writing papers. ~X~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mags Indigo Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 I am friendly with quite a few people inworld, and friendly with some here now too - which is great. Real friends I find come to rl and that's where they become real friends - however the friendship starts for it to be 'real' I guess it ultimately has to be real. That is not to say that some sl friends haven't been great fun, supportive and very engaging. It's just different I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treasure Ballinger Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Both; more inworld but definitely my beloved forum buddies that I found here, and then friended inworld. Having attended SLCC in 2009, I met some in RL there, and some others of us have taken it to RL when we met when they were visiting the city I live in. My 'forum friends' are more to me than 'forum friends', I just happened to meet them here, first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suspiria Finucane Posted March 9, 2011 Author Share Posted March 9, 2011 Quinn Morani wrote: Both, but lately weighted pretty heavily toward friends I've made in the forums. I'm with you on that one along with my new twitter friends. The SLTweetup was a great event! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Badger Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 All of my friends have been made after they have contacted me regarding things I have said in SL forums; some of my enemies too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valerie Inshan Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 XiuLan Quan wrote: I have a few friends that I have met via the forums and a few more I'd like to share a friendship with inworld. Most of my friends inworld I have known almost since I started SL. I keep my list very small because I don't like having a whole bunch of people hanging out on a list that I never interact with. Now it seems I do make friends on the forums... /hugs Xiu! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nancy Hilltop Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Trying to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XiuLan Quan Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Valerie... It is a pleasure and an honor to be friends with you. ((HUGS)) you back. ~X~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillon Levenque Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Suspiria Finucane wrote: Do you make friends on the forums or do you only make friends in-world? That's really interesting, given my life of late. I was in SL for quite a long time before ever spending much time reading or responding to the forums. I remember a post in which someone commented on all the friends he (or she, can't remember who it was) had made on the forums and I thought "Really?". It just seemed odd to me. I had made friends with people I'd spent time with and shared interests with. In person. Naturally once I spent more time in the forums I realized that same thing happens here. And lately I've made several friends that I met on the forums. Including one who I've yet to actually meet inworld, even! There are more people that I've 'met' on the forums that are not in my friends list yet, but I bet will be sometime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suspiria Finucane Posted March 10, 2011 Author Share Posted March 10, 2011 Nancy Hilltop wrote: Trying to. IM me anytime :smileyhappy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laetizia Coronet Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 The Forums to me are not social media. So no, I don't make friends here - I know there is that possibility but no. If someone is really interesting I might look them up in-world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adromaw Lupindo Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 On the forums so far not yet, though, there are people I've developed some sort of sense of admiration or respect in ways. There was a nice chat after helping someone once though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiaoBella Mirabella Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 I have met a few friends from posting in the forums who contacted me inworld. And a few who became my friends who were forum posters... But most of my friends are those I've met inworld... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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