Comments on: Meet My Fake Friends

By: djchuang

djchuang — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:34:22 +0000

hey, that’s me in the corner, in the upper left I consider you a real friend, a real virtual friend. You’re not fake, or at least I hope not. I’m of the opinion that friends can be just as real in person or online, regardless of physical proximity or geography.

By: Marla Saunders

Marla Saunders — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:28:46 +0000

So how many of you have family like mine who are getting tired of words like these, “Well my friend from one of the blogs said…”

All of us KNOW…just absolutely KNOW… that these are real connections and real relationships that serve God’s purposes in amazing days. Want proof? Remember being stranded in the airport, Carlos? That was an online relationship translating into a real-world hotel!

I am treasuring each of the friendships I’ve made, and hope to connect even more.

By: Terry B

Terry B — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:16:38 +0000

you and a handful of other favorite blogs i read help strengthen my face to face relationships big time!

By: Kristi

Kristi — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:38:11 +0000

As an introvert, this trend in online community is great. I take the opportunity to share things on my blog or with twitter friends that I likely would not face-to-face. I’m not being fake with people; it’s just not my preference to be extremely vocal with a crowd of people. I am able to think through what I want to say beforehand and word it in the way that conveys my thoughts and feelings most accurately – something that is of value to those who are not verbal processors. Rather than seeing it as inauthentic, the online community just provides opportunity to develop relationship and get to know a particular angle of a person that may have not been seen previously.

By: dorothy

dorothy — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:14:35 +0000

How often I moan in the white paper world…
like: hearing someone (way younger than I) say facebook is an personal ego-trip, while we were planning a worship element on God’s facebook…

Where else could I say: dang, dean@ 9:24 – we need to say hi over in SCL…

I’m new to ragagmuffin, but LOVING it. Particularly Creative Chaos…been looking for like minded freaky worship designers forever, then I found you here…

By: phill

phill — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:52:39 +0000

I love this post and agree…the world has changed…and the defination of relationship, friend, and whatever else needs to change…

I have a degree but most of it I completled online…I can not tell you how many times I have to defend it in front of people who think it is fake…a degree from a univercity and it is not the same as someone sitting in a class…

The UMC where I am will only allow 4 classes of online instruction and discount the rest…

I cant wait until the peeps catch up with the rest of the world…

By: kim

kim — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:41:50 +0000

“But you can be just as fake in my face as you can be behind that 18? of glowing LCD in front of you.”

So true. I sometimes wish a few people I ‘know in real life’ would start blogging so I could understand them more completely. Who would have thought?

By: Kyle

Kyle — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:46:29 +0000

It really is amazing the community that is built over the web. Regardless if you ever meet these people, the community is real. There is proof all around us. God has blessed this world of blogging and online friendships.

Sweet stuff!!

http://www.vagabondrunn.wordpress.com

By: The Apple In The Lower Left

The Apple In The Lower Left — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:32:09 +0000

Well written. I have many friends, through online connections, that I have never met. They are relationships that, if they went away, I would be upset about. Thanks for writing this down.

*lifting a fake beer to toast my fake friend*

“To Los!”

*fake drinking my fake beer*

By: Los

Los — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:54:41 +0000

Exactly Ron.
And you daughter is going to be here long after us.