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It is impossible to find real friends on-line.(negative point of view)

The resolution  is it is impossible to find real friends on-line. We are strongly against this idea.

To explain you why we think that that it is possible to find friends on-line we want to present you a criteria which says that on-line friendship can transit into off-line friendship which is a new challenge for digital natives

And we want to give here the definition of digital natives. They are people born during or after the introduction of digital technologies. Life on-life for them is essential part of their life.

Regarding TRUST

or most individuals, they find it quicker to trust internet friends. Why? It's because they cannot see them. Therefore, it leads us to our first conclusion: The human mind is capable of something called "positive presumption number 1". With this so called ability, most people would tend to think that their internet friends can be trusted. Most people would flaunt over trusting their IF's (internet friends) just because they changed their font color to pink and they put a smiley emoticon at the end of their message. But this doesn't mean that ALL people are nice just because of it. There are internet users trying to play and talk nice, but in reality they're just going to hack you. In spite of this, we have what we would call the "positive presumption number 2". "Oh it's better to tell our internet friends rather than our real friends, because even if they hack me, I'll still be alive. It's just my computer that took the damage. No real life-threatening loss for me". Because even though internet "friends" can try to take advantage of you, you'll be fine because it did not do any damage to your physical life. It just did damage to your "cyberlife".

We have another ability called "deception". Now everybody's familiar with this. This is an ability of all people. They can deceive their internet friend by just giving them a bogus information about them. The positive thing about this BOGUS information is that, it can actually protect you. What if you gave your real profile then you were broadcasted and framed all over the world wide web? But because you gave out a bogus profile, it doesn't really matter, because the person that was framed does not exist at all. But of course, there is a LARGE negative downside to deception. Especially if we've learned to trust our "Internet friend" to a very personal level.

Regarding Intimacy

It's QUICKER to get intimate with someone from the web. Simply because we cannot see them. Because we rely on the prettiness of their fonts, and their so-called "typing proficiency", we can easily be flaunted. Now this is another form of deception, but not entirely in a bad way. But in the long run, it's JUST an online relationship. Can you "kiss" online? Surely you can chat online, or even best cases, use SKYPE. But can you even marry your partner online? Can you have sex with them online? Truth of the matter is, if you want to take your relationship further, then you will really have to meet up and personal. So it all boils down to a REAL relationship.

Regarding Presence

Of course regarding presence, nothing beats REALITY. Because what we see is what we get. In regards to presence in the internet, users can deceive people by using a fake photo or a photoshopped one. But another thing, people in the internet can become 24/7 available, whereas real friends cannot. So if we need people to talk to, we can use the net. Though if you've read my sentences above, you're going to have to take risks. So once again, reality prevails. Because in reality, it's harder to be deceived, and you SEE who you talk to.

Regarding Advice

Oh this is an interesting one. In reality there are people who can give you a bullshit advice, and there are people who can give you heavenly ones. In the internet, there are people who can give you loads of crap, or loads of hefty information, because there are so many different people with different occupations online. Though I will still say getting advice from real people is the way to go. Because in the net, you can easily be deceived once again.

Regarding Sincerity

And another score for "deception". Internet users can type really sweet words but in reality they don't give a shit to your problems. But of course, that is not ALWAYS the case. There are internet users who really do give a damn about you because they've experienced something similar just recently. But real friends are of course more sincere. What we see is what we get.

So to conclude this seemingly long explanation, having friends over the internet is not a bad thing, though it has more risks, all because of deception.

Many of us spend a great deal of time in online communities these days. HubPages is one of them. Others include Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google+. In some cases, we may spend more of our time interacting with people in these virtual communities than with the people in our real lives, considering that we access them both from home and from work, and carry on communication with even real life friends and acquaintances in these particular locales. Most of us specify that we have a group of "online" friends and a group of "real life" friends. What's the difference between the two?

It's my belief that the only difference between an "online" friend and a "real life" one is whether or not we've seen each other in person. In fact, an emotional investment is made in both. Many remain of the mindset that the online world disappears when one turns off the computer. When someone believes that way, it's easy to get up and walk away from the people you interact with online each day and invest in your "real" relationships.

Here's the kicker, folks: the relationships we form online are real. Granted, what we see are words on a screen, selected photos, and carefully worded updates about what may be going on in the lives of our online friends. What we do not see is the emotional investment that has gone into the small bit of sharing that they do. Behind those words is a string of unintelligible computer code, but also, there's a person making an effort to connect with someone else.

In some cases, many of us would not befriend a person in our real life with whom we may develop a deep and meaningful relationship online. Why is that? It's because even when we share our time and space with others, we may speak to them on a very superficial level, from a very guarded place. For reasons of protection, we don't make the same emotional investment in people who are physically present to us on a regular basis.