Did you not experience the golden age of ICQ, irc, msn chat? It is absolutely possible to form strong friendships entirely online - it just takes the same amoun

Did you not experience the golden age of ICQ, irc, msn chat? It is absolutely possible to form strong friendships entirely online - it just takes the same amount of time and effort to nourish them. I still have fond memories of friendships with the people I used to chat with a couple hours almost daily, and we still know what's going on in each other's lives 20 years later! Consider the collections of letters from snail mail friendships some classic authors used to maintain. Also purely done in writing.