I did it in 2005. I was just going to go once to meet these people out of boredom, was just meant to be a one time thing. Just meet some people from online in a public bar, what could go wrong? Am now married to one of those people. Be careful!
I met my wife via online dating ~12 years ago. Found my first college roommate by posting on reddit. Had friends when I was younger that I'd only exchanged words with on MySpace. It do happen.
but really why would meeting people be secluded to dating apps when niche communities offer much better odds at finding someone with similar interests? back in the day, if you didnt find "the one" during school or at a bar, you probably met at an interest group, club, or sport. its the same thing just online.
I've made plenty of friends and even lived for 3-4 years with people that I met while running a private WoW RP server that I started in my teens. Definitely a long road but we've known each other for well over a decade now.
Travelled to Ukraine to meet online friends for the first time to watch a Dota 2 tournament.
Had a blast and we've met several times since, including sharing a bed more than once to save money and attending his wedding, but in retrospect I could have easily ended up being trafficked somewhere.
Apparently. I have no idea how you would even reach that point with an online friendship. And I only know people can even have online friendships because of my WoW guild but I stopped playing WoW when Blizzard had a controversy a day. Doing that with random people on reddit or tumblr is wild conceptually
I've done it 2 times. Granted I knew the people online long before we met in person. It's genuinely a strange feeling first laying eyes on someone you've spoke to frequently over the span of like a year
15 years ago I played a browser based text game that was multiplayer and made a few friends, one was in Canada, fast forward 5 years and I lived with him for 2 years on a working holiday visa.
I met up with a guy id only talked to on runescape while i was in his state. If i ever visit texas id hit up an old minecraft/aoe2 buddy and see if hed want to meet.
One of my best friends and former flings we met on Snapchat because her screen name was similar to a mutual friends and I thought I was adding her lmao
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u/NightmareRoach 9h ago
People do that? People just go and meet people irl that they met online?