tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136242079097981599.post3269800509448685529..comments2023-11-09T13:19:26.329-05:00Comments on Kokoba: Talky Tuesday: Meeting People From THE INTERNETKatherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04687248923547966231noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136242079097981599.post-61611683923498988792016-01-28T06:38:17.947-05:002016-01-28T06:38:17.947-05:00Maybe we need to start collecting stories about &q...Maybe we need to start collecting stories about "I made friends on the Internet and they didn't catfish or assault me" and publish an anthology, lol.Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04687248923547966231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136242079097981599.post-87188459888693460372016-01-28T01:01:52.451-05:002016-01-28T01:01:52.451-05:00THIS IS HELLA CUTE
I made a lot of internet frien...THIS IS HELLA CUTE<br /><br />I made a lot of internet friends in highschool! Some I eventually got to meet, others I still haven't managed to, but we still talk sometimes anyway which is funny. I also met them through a con forum so my parents also called them "Natalie's con friends." So weird, hahah.Natalie Pataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499108834853503737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136242079097981599.post-67819790101549212612016-01-27T11:20:54.983-05:002016-01-27T11:20:54.983-05:00Me too!! :D
There's something to be said abou...Me too!! :D<br /><br />There's something to be said about the power of finding your "tribe" (or whatever the experts are calling it these days). Every time I hang out with my Con friends, I always wonder, "Is this the time it'll finally be weird?" But it's never weird. They're my people, and I get them, and it seems like they get me.Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04687248923547966231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136242079097981599.post-53147168441866736872016-01-26T12:00:06.295-05:002016-01-26T12:00:06.295-05:00I'm glad I got to meet you! :D
My life wouldn...I'm glad I got to meet you! :D<br /><br />My life wouldn't be the same without Internet friends. They became my real-life best buddies in college and many remain so to this day, 15 (oy) years later.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16241379225441839760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136242079097981599.post-86041592449019437592016-01-26T09:01:48.188-05:002016-01-26T09:01:48.188-05:00The stories that make the news are ALWAYS only the...The stories that make the news are ALWAYS only the ones that go wrong.<br /><br />I wonder if parents today are more or less freaked out than most parents ten, fifteen, twenty years ago would have been. On the one hand, technology has eclipsed what they grew up with and made it so much easier for kids and teenagers to be sneaky and to get really super personal. (Which they are ALWAYS going to be. You might as well accept that and just try to foster a good relationship instead of being a snoop.) On the other, they're young enough to have grown up with this tech and to have had stories similar to ours.<br /><br />" We text all the time & switch off paying for our shared Hulu Plus account."<br /><br />Hahah, this is amazing! Hooray for Internet friends!!Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04687248923547966231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136242079097981599.post-69307216156817208512016-01-26T08:36:52.384-05:002016-01-26T08:36:52.384-05:00YES! YES YES YES I loved your story! When I was ...YES! YES YES YES I loved your story! When I was 13, I joined a musical theatre chatroom. On my 14th birthday I made friends with a 17-year-old boy across the country - we've stayed friends TO THIS DAY. We text all the time & switch off paying for our shared Hulu Plus account. We've only met in person twice: first in 2006, then again in 2013, but we've been friends since 1998. I met my boyfriend on a dating site. Hullo, the Internet brangs people tagewvar. That's why it's awesome. I never saw the point in shaming people for using the internet to make friends because I feel like for every story of stranger abduction & catfishing there's probably thousands of stories like yours & mine. Internet culture WOOHOOO! I'm so glad you had such a solid group of friends!!Meghan Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01538766287288665394noreply@blogger.com