Comments on: What’s the Difference Between Offline Friends and Online “Friends”?

By: kami, i disagree: the online world is the real world | jonathan nguyen

kami, i disagree: the online world is the real world | jonathan nguyen — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:36:18 +0000

[...] distinction between the two is rapidly blurring and some suggest that blurring and some suggest that digital natives really don’t see much of a difference between the [...]

By: Energy found, sharing myself in 4s — (|_| Drink Deeply |_|)

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 06:42:09 +0000

[...] people I’ve physically met are made possible via my internet connection too so there’s little distinction. Seeing each of you as a friend — with those who haven’t commented or tweeted my [...]

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Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:23:31 +0000

[...] people I’ve physically met are made possible via my internet connection too so there’s little distinction. Seeing each of you as a friend – with those who haven’t commented or tweeted my direction [...]

By: When Two Bloggers Write an Almost-Identical Post - MomGrind

When Two Bloggers Write an Almost-Identical Post - MomGrind — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:03:55 +0000

[...] Charlie Gilkey left a comment on my post “The Blurry Line Between Online and Real-Life Relationships”, which made it clear that he had written a VERY similar post about the same subject – from a slightly different angle – a few weeks ago. [...]

By: Vered

Vered — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 17:31:18 +0000

OMG we both wrote about the very same thing and asked the very same question!

“Is it time to drop the quotations? Is it time to stop the favoring of physical friendships over the non-physical ones?”

I didn’t read this post of yours prior to writing mine. I swear! You believe me, right? RIGHT?? I would have linked to you if I did.

Funny that we both wrote about the same subject, from different angles. Or maybe not so funny, since we obviously share similar interests and thoughts.

Vereds last blog post..The Blurry Line Between Online and Real-Life Relationships

By: Charlie

Charlie — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:54:28 +0000

@ George: I think the difference is the origin of the friendship. If there were any significant difference between the two, that is.

By: George Fragos

George Fragos — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:39:48 +0000

Interesting but life isn’t that binary. A change in location will turn offline friends into online friends. I commmunicate online frequently with my best offline friends.

By: Charles Gilkey

Charles Gilkey — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 04:15:32 +0000

@ Diane: Thanks so much for stopping by and commenting. Interesting, my best friend added me to Facebook, and I learned something new about him, too. I loved the “Lessons From the Garden” post – it was rather beautiful.

By: Dianne

Dianne — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:44:41 +0000

Real friends are real people we make real connections with, wherever we meet them. It’s interesting though, how we know different stuff about friends depending on whether they are online or offline friends, I hadn’t thought about that.

I agree with Naomi when it comes to social media “friends” … friendships take time to build, they aren’t created by clicking a request button!

“The medium of friendship is not as important as the essence of friendship.” This quote pretty much sums it up … brilliant!

Lovely, thought-provoking post, Charles, thank you! And thank you @Naomi for the link on Twitter!

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Diannes last blog post..Lessons From the Garden

By: Charles Gilkey

Charles Gilkey — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:24:20 +0000

@ Naomi: The point about the chick in the grocery store is a good one. I’m not afraid of MacHeads because I like Macs – although our fanaticism about Macs may be a good point from which a friendship could emerge.

But I’m with you: those people who can reach through to the core of me and share their life and stories with me – well, drop the quotes. The medium of friendship is not as important as the essence of friendship.