What are the pros and cons of making friends online?

well the best thing about it is that you are able to talk to new people and learn new things and potentially make one of your best friends. However the disadvantage to it is that you might lose contact with them which hurts alot and you may never message them again. Also you might feel like you cant trust them. Personally i have alot of online friends who i share my problems with and talk about to about my life because some of them i can trust and i know they wont use it against me so over all it is pretty good.

Making a friend online gives you the opportunity to meet someone for their personality without knowing what they look like. In a way it's good because if you are usually self conscious with your appearance, you don't need to worry about being judged. It's also good to make a friend not near your hometown and let you explore new people you otherwise would've never met in person. The cons are that the person on the other side of the screen could lie to you really easily, and trust may not be present in the friendship. They could also disappear without a clear reason why, and that can be hurtful if the relationship made is strong. It is also difficult for the most part to meet them at some point. It's always important to be safe with the people you meet online.

Making friends online can be a great way to boost self asthma and make you feel wanted and love but sometimes you can run into people who want to be more than 'just friends' Sexual predators is no laughing matter and you should always be careful who you trust.

You have a bigger group of people that might have the same interests as you, might have experienced the same things and through the anonymity many people act more natural around strangers because they have nothing to lose. At the same time they live far away (which does give safety, but makes it harder to meet in person) and it's harder to know if someone isn't just pretending to be the way he is.

It always helps to talk to someone who's non biased about your situation. It's lovely to know there are always people out there who care about you. The cons are living so far away!

Pros; you will have a much easier time finding people who share your interests and some will be really nice and friendly cons: they could be murderers

Pros: it's easier to talk to people online than in person. You get to know more of their personality because you aren't as distracted by appearance. Cons: you run the risk of the person lying or having malicious intent.

Pros: Will be someone to talk to Make you feel less lonely Support you during difficult times Cons: May abandon you Can be trolls and be very mean to you

You can meet a huge range of poeple that you may not ordinarily meet in real life. However, it can be hard to meet up with them as they may live a huge distance away.

I have a group of friends I met online over ten years ago. Although they don't live near me so we can't go out to do things together physically (although I have met them all at one point and time) they have been there for me through thick and thin - and through all my moves from one state to another. So I think online friendships can be very rewarding - but yeah - sometimes it's nice to have someone to do things with physically.