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Ask HN: How to make friends online during a pandemic

davidsojevic 6y ago
Depending on the level of connection you're looking for with people, there are going to be a number of different ways you can go about this. Personally I've found that speciality and niche communities around topics of interest have been where I've met many online friends. You can find communities around some of your favourite topics where you can get some written communication going with other users. More and more of the larger YouTube channels are coming out with Discord communities that you can join and chat with other fans of the channel. These are great because they contain both written chat and voice chat -- so if you prefer talking verbally with people, it's often easy to jump into a chat and get talking. If you play games, the voice channels within games can sometimes be a great place to meet and befriend new people. You can then continue to play games and chat with them to build up a friendship. Though this can be a bit hit and miss depending on the game as you can get some fairly abrasive and toxic people in the chats who just like to stir people up.
Oricle 6y ago
Go outside, meet people. 1. This isn't even a epidemic, Nevermind pandemic! 2. 98.5% recover, better than the common flu or cold! 3. It's not when did the government lie, it's a question of when did they tell the truth! Not that they are the people pulling the strings anyways! It's always those you can't criticise! 4. Wake the fuck up and smell the roses, this is a power/control grab just like the last 500+ years have been by the same group of people. Use this information and educate yourself as no one else can, will or wants to. They want us stupid and not thinking, which is why schooling (indoctrination) exists. 'I never let schooling get in the way of my education' - Mark twain 'even in a minority of 1, the truth is still the truth'
k00b 6y ago
You could try http://dialup.com http://dialup.com I haven’t used it but I follow the artist/founder Baskin on Twitter and it seems like a really fun idea (as do most of her projects).
poormystic 6y ago
I mostly love the light in people's eyes so I don't see how making friends online could be easy for me. Maybe I'd join a poetry group.

Depending on the level of connection you're looking for with people, there are going to be a number of different ways you can go about this. Personally I've found that speciality and niche communities around topics of interest have been where I've met many online friends. You can find communities around some of your favourite topics where you can get some written communication going with other users. More and more of the larger YouTube channels are coming out with Discord communities that you can join and chat with other fans of the channel. These are great because they contain both written chat and voice chat -- so if you prefer talking verbally with people, it's often easy to jump into a chat and get talking. If you play games, the voice channels within games can sometimes be a great place to meet and befriend new people. You can then continue to play games and chat with them to build up a friendship. Though this can be a bit hit and miss depending on the game as you can get some fairly abrasive and toxic people in the chats who just like to stir people up.

Oricle 6y ago

Go outside, meet people. 1. This isn't even a epidemic, Nevermind pandemic! 2. 98.5% recover, better than the common flu or cold! 3. It's not when did the government lie, it's a question of when did they tell the truth! Not that they are the people pulling the strings anyways! It's always those you can't criticise! 4. Wake the fuck up and smell the roses, this is a power/control grab just like the last 500+ years have been by the same group of people. Use this information and educate yourself as no one else can, will or wants to. They want us stupid and not thinking, which is why schooling (indoctrination) exists. 'I never let schooling get in the way of my education' - Mark twain 'even in a minority of 1, the truth is still the truth'

k00b 6y ago

You could try http://dialup.com http://dialup.com I haven’t used it but I follow the artist/founder Baskin on Twitter and it seems like a really fun idea (as do most of her projects).

poormystic 6y ago

I mostly love the light in people's eyes so I don't see how making friends online could be easy for me. Maybe I'd join a poetry group.