Do you trust your internet friends?

[chronic]

hell no!

 

[tae]

it's not that i distrust them per say, it's just a lot of people i meet online i have zero intentions of knowing personally.
given there are a lot of exceptions for this, because some friends online i've had for 8+ years now and stuff, but most of the time i just don't care to keep in contact with everyone i meet.

there's some people on here i hope to talk to for a long time, because i enjoy them, but there's also a ton of people here i've met who i guess you could say i "dont trust" / don't care enough about to make a long term commitment towards.

 

[Soot Sprite]

It really depends. Some people I talk to casually and they might not know much about me other than my name or location. But I do have good friends from the internet, who know lots about me, what I look like, and etc. cx

 

[Nightmares]

I have a couple groups of friends, and I trust them completely. I've given out my address and everything lmao

 

[Celestefey]

I trust 3 of my online friends completely, we've known each other for so long now and I've met up with 1 of them (three times now), and the other 2... Well it's a work in progress mainly, it's just finding the time really but we will hopefully meet up soon! x3 But we've never had any reason to lie to each other, they're my best friends and I'm grateful they're in my life. I do have other internet friends but I know they have lied to me in the past, so I don't really trust them.

 

[tsantsa]

yup

 

[Cory]

I barely have internet friends and trust is a general word so please explain what you mean

 

[xBlablahi]

Don't have many of them right now anymore, but if I got to know them well enough I'd let them in on more personal things

 

[Knopekin]

I used to have a whole bunch of friends I'd met online and I trusted them, mostly because we used to organize meetups twice a year, so we all knew each other offline, too. I don't see much of them anymore because lots of the group started dating each other, and then broke up and it all got a bit awkward.

One thing I find difficult is that lots of people are chatty and social online but then shy and antisocial irl. I know it's not anybody's fault, but I find it a bit awkward when I meet an online friend irl and the conversation is really stilted and difficult.

 

[glow]

Yeah I trust a lot of them, not all of them of course but the majority that I talk to on a regular basis. I'm not the person that plasters my real social media all over but if someone found me on Insta or something I wouldn't really care that much. I'm not the type that's really paranoid about privacy when it comes to selfies lol but that's because I don't post my number or anything like that anywhere public.

 

[Esphas]

all of them

 

[Mairmalade]

I only have a few and I trust them all. I've also known them for 8 years, 4 years, and 3 years.

 

[graceroxx]

I have one friend I've known since the spring of 2014 and I pretty much completely trust her. Last year we sent packages to each other in the mail for Christmas, and we've voice called on Skype several times and everything she's told me about her matches up.

 

[ChocoMagii]

I've sent packages to several of them. And they have sent me some back.
So far I've got pretty good experiences from my internet friends.

 

[Azy]

I trust most the people I meet online until they give me a reason not to. I never do video or voice calls and I don't plan to meet anyone in real life so I don't see the problem. My best Internet buds know that my intention is to just give each other company and vent from time to time anyways x'3

 

[Saylor]

Yes. I wouldn't really consider someone a friend if I didn't trust them.

 

[Nuclear Bingo]

**** no

except one, who I have been in regular contact with for 8 years now

 

[Acruoxil]

to an extent, yes. I've had personal info slipped and plundered though so it kind of bums me out and I try not to be too trustworthy

I'm super close to like 5 of my friends though, they have my Facebook and phone number and everything. We haven't met up yet because money and distance but hopefully that changes soon

 

[Mango]

i trust 1 or 2 of them

but nah internet friends arent real friends

 

[nintendofan85]

Depends.
I honestly don't view them the same as IRL ones.