I felt like making a positive topic about how the internet has now made our world into a smaller place. It has made it possible to form friendships over long distances. Political and religious barriers are torn down. We don’t need to depend on the media to find out what is happening in the world, since we often have a friend living there who can tell us the truth and how things really are.
/me sends out warm fuzzy feelings to all our LD4all members 
/me joins the warm fuzzy energy
Me too 
/me is warm
/me is fuzzy
/me joins the group hug
It is also nice how computers can let 4 people from different places hug 
E-hugging. The newest trend
I join the trend!
Yes, having friends across the world is really no problem in the 21st century. But I want to add a quote from Serial Experiments Lain:
However, you can have a lot of fun with people you got to know via internet.
/me feels cold, since he is a robot, so he joins the grouphug to regain warmth.
/me joins the trend
/me joins the global hug.
Me too! Yay, I like warm fuzzy hugs! 
I don’t care who says what, I consider some people I know online to be friends of mine. One of my best friends I’ve never met IRL, only talked to him online.
And I met Joe through a chat, lol, and now we’re living together here in Sweden. The internet really is an amazing thing…
*Kenneth joins in!
“A netpal isn’t really a friend; in fact, it shouldn’t even be considered an acquaintance.”
I couldn’t disagree more with that. I have a friend over the net who I’ve known for around 7 years now, and even though I’ve never met her in person, I consider her and her sister to be family. And that’s just one example; I can honestly say that about a number of my net friends.
The great thing about e-friendships is that it sheds all of the social awkwardness and visual stigmas, and lets you get to know a person by personality alone.
*Dreamer runs in and sneaks into the middle of the hug.
/me joins the global grouphug
I agree, you can have friends trough the internet. I know I have several friends I haven’t seen for real. I also know someone who I consider as one of my closest friends who I met trough the net and I did see him. (Technically I first saw him and then spoke to him on the net though)
The only people who would agree with that statement are the ones who only make superficial friendships on the net.
It is possible to have true long lasting friendships that are better than a lot of face to face ‘friendships’
I’m closer with many of my internet friends more than I was real world friends.
I once told someone I trusted with my life a secret that no one else on the planet knows other than me. That person never judged me for it, never said a bad word, never even called the police which was a possibility. I trust her more than any person I have met in person and, as sad as it may be, my own family.
Some people will argue that people lie on the internet. They lie in real life too.
I think Net friendships are better because if it turns out you hate them. You can always /ignore them.
/me joins in the hug.
I agree, friendships can be made over the internet. In fact, I see it as a step above traditional methods of gaining friends. This is because you only judge a person by personality. Also, the anonymity of the Internet allows more people to open up and share things they they would not have in the real world. The main reason I like it is that with a quick Google search, I can find hundreds of people with similar interests as me.
/me and his bunny like hugs.
I like finding people that have different points of views, perspectives, and interests. It’s also fun to meet people from other countries. I love learning about other places in the world 
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My parents are paranoid about me talking to people online. It’s a shame really.
Anyway, I partly ignored her. I met this great person online and occationally talk with him on MSN. We’re planning on meeting up when we go to college.
*Wyvern joins in the hug