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is it hard making online friends?

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freeflow · 70-79, M
The obvious chemistry is missing when online. No eye contact. No body language. No voice inflections. Smileys are all very well, but can be used 'fraudulently'. All in all, not a good medium for social contact. Ok for initial stages perhaps, and sharing common interests in a non romantic conversation, humour, etc.

Would be nice to switch on cams and have a real conversation via Skype or whatever, but to my mind, streaming images and even voice online has to be treated with great caution now.
Very true. It would be nice to see some SWers. But that risk though. Smh.
SW-User
that and skype has been pretty much been used for sex now a days.
freeflow · 70-79, M
@theowl: Well each Skype conversation is private and separate so a 1000 cyber bangs could be progressing and it wouldn't affect anyone else, lol. I was referring to the possibility that someone might use your face or photo to place on other images so it goes viral.

I recently read a post about some young SW user who'd told us that that had happened to him. He was amused at first but it quickly turned sour when his friends saw them,