Few people understand the value of internet friends, but I honestly don't know where I'd be without the friends I've made through the likes of Twitter, as a result of a mutual love of certain bands.
Until I grew the confidence to speak to people, I saw other people having best friends through the internet and I thought 'hey, that'd be cute' so through time my confidence grew and I began speaking to people who I really felt connected to, friends who understood me and knew how I felt.
In the past, I'd be scared to show my true feelings for fear of being judged, but now I'm so much more confident and happy and that's all down to the friends I've made.
It's so hard to get people who don't understand how you feel to relate with you about feelings- whether it be something that affects the whole fan base (e.g. the release of a new single/album, or that well known stress of trying to buy concert tickets), or something more personal such as how that one band has pulled you through so much in your life.
Lately, so many more people have felt the true value of making friends through their mutual love of something- be it a band, a singer, a TV series-anything. All of this is down to the incredible powers of social media.
I asked some of the amazing friends I've made through the internet to voice their opinions too- and here's what they said:
“They’re always there for you no matter what time of day or night it is”
“They can always make you smile and laugh”
“They’re better than ‘friends’ you have to put up with every day at school/college/work”
“The only way you meet someone over the Internet is by sharing a common interest so you hold a
stronger bond than those whom you might feel forced to be friends with as they are in your classes/school friendship group”
“They can always be counted on to try their best to make you happy and to be there for you every time you need it the most”
“The world is full of so many varieties of people and personalities and to be able to experience so many different people through the Internet is an amazing thought, the fact that you can make friends with someone who could be on the other side of the world in a totally different time zone”
“They’re REAL friends because they choose to speak to you, they don’t just speak to you because they have to speak to you everyday”
“Meeting them is something you can look forward to so much because you’re so connected to them and it’s so special to actually have that contact in person”
These few comments from such a small percentage of people who feel the same as me, further proves the increasing significance of having friends with the same/at least similar interests.
Having the ability to meet such amazing people is just as good (if not better) than meeting the artist who brought you together. This is because you both know each other, you have many amazing conversations to reflect on together, and of course the mutual love which brought you together in the first place.
For me personally it’s come to the stage where it doesn’t feel right to refer to all the amazing people I’ve met through the internet as ‘internet friends’- because I’ve grown so close to them they’re my BEST friends.
For me personally it’s come to the stage where it doesn’t feel right to refer to all the amazing people I’ve met through the internet as ‘internet friends’- because I’ve grown so close to them they’re my BEST friends.
