The phrase Internet Friends
A person you know exclusively through the Internet (which includes social networking sites like Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest) or email and will rarely, if ever, meet is considered an online friend. ... An online friendship begins when two people bond and have things in common, just like an offline relationship
Currently, these are how people referring to their Internet friends
- Menace
- Problems
- LinkedIn - Dating site - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/7-reasons-why-everyone-using-linkedin-dating-timothy-tart/
- Twitter - Reply guys - https://mashable.com/article/twitter-reply-guys/
- Facebook - Stalkers
- Instagram Stalkers
- WhatsApp groups - Torture
Fruitful relationships
There is a new thing in the play now - Slack - https://analyticsdemystified.com/conferencescommunity/part-measure-slack-community/
Nebula - https://watchnebula.com/
Discord
Houseparty
Facebook groups
Scheduled Video calls
8 tips for being safe online
- Be nice to people always
- Complain about brands responsibly do not jump on to conclusions
- Keep personal information private
- Take care of what you share - Is it useful? Is it making sense? Will it impact everyone positively?
- Check your privacy settings on all social networks you are on
- Report hate and misinformation as and when you come across it
- Keep your passwords safe - follow a pattern only you know or start using password generators and store - https://www.digitalinformationworld.com/2020/12/google-chrome-introduces-password.html - Use Google Chrome to find out what passwords have been compromised
- Do not plan to meet up someone you have only met online in person
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