I feel a little weird... Thoughts, please?

I have a 360 page, too, and I have quite a list of "friends." Note the quote marks. I cannot seriously call them friends in any other sense except the few I know pretty well. But even those, I have not met. It's a question of taking a long time to get to know each other, dealing at arms length, as it were, as we do here. But remember the one thing that is missing is the visual. A posted photo may or may not resemble the person who posted it. Assume it does not until you are told it is, and be somewhat skeptical anyway, especially if it looks professionally posed.

But generally, it is not so much false friends you accumulate on 360, as a new category of friends. But you know, it's not that different from people who keep in touch with old friends they used to know what they look like years ago, but now . . . you might or might not recognize each other in a public place.

So this new category of friends is Internet friends, and you play it cautious about "promoting" someone from Internet friend to face-to-face friend. First, you ALWAYS meet in a public place, with chaperons. I'm serious. You know the crime statistics are full of people who failed to take such rudimentary security measures.

So if you know how to be cautious, enjoy communications with your new Internet friends!

internet is safe when handled right. take advantage of using it to get to know people, with the understanding that you might not know who you're REALLY talking to. am i 108 years old with no teeth, drooling on the keyboard as i type? or am i 8 years old trying to sound like an adult as I finish reading my captain underpants book? since there is no way to verify who is on the other end of a computer, take the friendship for what it provides, and if things with anyone start getting a bit strange, stop the communication with that person. i'm a firm believer that you're innate senses are right...stick with your gut feelings. though i must qualify my own response...i have NOT had a virtual stranger attempt to befriend my online, so i'm not really sure how you feel. must be my beastly bad sense of humor.

I understand what you mean. I think it's just a little weird because it's unconventional. But we are at the brink of having a virtual everything! I feel like online dating will become the norm in a few years. I think it's fine, as long as you don't ever feel threatened and you just remain just virtual friends. There is no harm in that!

Someone wise said strangers are friends we have not met yet.

If you are not comfortable with the idea, then by all means do not add them. 360 is your cyber home.

I would go out on the 360 pages and find friends but I am too shy.

Well, asume that 75% of them are pervert. The others might be nice.

there are cool ppl on the internet, watch out for the perv's though

if intent to get to know that virtual friend then it would be fine to add him to the lists...

but if you're gonna forget about him a week later .. .

i suggest that you don't waste your time ...

are you sure you are in the right category? This is computer networking, as in "I can't connect to the internet."

i know what u mean it is weird knowing friends online but some are really cool

i have made some great friends who mean alot to me, i have "REAL" friends, but i really like my computer friends.