Can You Make Friends Online?

Remember when people interested in dating were ashamed to admit that they looked for partners online? It was seen as a sign of desperation and loser-dom to try to connect with strangers online. Can’t you meet real people face-to-face? Sure, maybe other people would “set you up,” but they would know the people they were recommending to you as matches.

Now, meeting potential romantic partners online is ordinary. But what if you are interested in platonic friends?

The New York Times addressed that question in a story that began like this:

“In 2008, when Janis Kupferer moved to Denver for a job, she was 40 and single and knew no one in the area. When browsing Match.com, she recalled, she would sometimes click on other women’s profiles and think: ‘Some of these women sound really neat. Why isn’t there a Web site where I can meet female friends?”

I would broaden the question: Why not a website where people can find female or male friends?

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