Between Online and Face-to-face

Technology has made things so easy to the extent of bringing in social media for better interactions. We chat through social media and make calls through it. Most people have taken it as their best place to meet. WhatsApp is another place where we chat and make video calls. Most times when we run out of airtime, the best place to go is WhatsApp. It's because it is better in terms of calling. We make calls through our data.

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For so many years now, I have been on Facebook and have made a lot of friends. Friends that we have not seen before, except through chat. Although in this kind of place, one just needed to be careful. We have so many scammers out there who are ready to scam anyone, irrespective of their relationship.

Some years back, my husband's Facebook account was hacked just because of familiarity. Someone he knew very well happened to chat with him on his birthday. With that happiness, he was promised by this same guy that he would be sent some amount of money to celebrate his birthday. Immediately, a code landed on his phone, which he called out of ignorance to the caller. Immediately that was done, his Facebook account was gone. Not up to a few minutes, the person who hacked the account started sending in nonsense messages.

So, most times, we just need to be careful not to disclose put identity just for safety purposes.

Yes, online friends are good, but not good enough to confide in when we talk about secrets. No one knows what would happen next since social media is a place for all.

Physical friends are still better when it comes to this regard, as we can know who to run to when your secrets get leaked.

I have friends online, but have never shared anything with them, nor have they shared any. This is just because of the lack of trust. I can still vouch for that one I'm seeing physically than that one I'm only chatting with online.

Like I have said before, I have friends online both on my Facebook and Instagram accounts, but I have only chatted with them neutrally and not on special bases.

Years back, one was trying to chat up with me just to know my identity, but I was not ready to chat up with her just because of the stories I had heard related to online scammers. I was not ready to fall into their hands just like others.

I have heard too many stories about online friends, although some are good.

Most guys got their wives through the Internet. They started with ordinary online dating, but their relationship accelerated to a physical one. Most girls also got their men through friendship online. It has the bad side of it as well as the good side. So, online friendship can never replace face-to-face friendship. In face-to-face friendship, one has a guarantee of what he or she is seeing.

Dating has gone very wrong in terms of online friendship to so many men as well as women. One may not be able to see what he or she wants until they see it physically.

There is no way it can replace face-to-face friendship.