An interesting take on the so-called "pure" friendships that can be spawned by way of instant messaging. Online friendships aren't just initiated by way of IM of course. I've developed a number of friendships through disassociated, in some cases I've never actually met the people I've gone on to correspond with, though I can certainly empathise with some of Naomi Alderman's experiences: My dear friend Andrea - who lives in ... Read full entry
IM makes for friendships minus the nitty-gritty
Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 17 September, 2008 to the comment subset
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