tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-769437744086749047.post926748615065855922..comments2015-11-15T20:44:00.801+00:00Comments on Penny's Points: Can I call you friend?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08105838620909892076noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-769437744086749047.post-33371741999763838542011-10-30T11:22:57.206+00:002011-10-30T11:22:57.206+00:00I definitely consider you to be a friend, Penny. M...I definitely consider you to be a friend, Penny. My attendance on twitter and blogging is erratic, but even when I'm not around, I'm often thinking of you. I've spent the last couple of days catching up with your blog posts that I've missed. <br /> Some people who don't socialise online see people that you meet there as "not real"... I strongly disagree with that, seeing as I met both my husband and my best friend online, as well as many other good friends! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-769437744086749047.post-38113281273447156842011-10-29T19:44:46.731+01:002011-10-29T19:44:46.731+01:00Yes yes and yes! I understand exactly where you ar...Yes yes and yes! I understand exactly where you are coming from. I was similar, and now that more housebound I would be lost without my friends here. I think we are more honest online, as we are not physically in each others lives we can be very honest and really be ourselves, because lets face it if it doesn't work out it is easy to escape!!feline9https://www.blogger.com/profile/13312897216463064900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-769437744086749047.post-76369407404564933622011-10-29T19:33:27.581+01:002011-10-29T19:33:27.581+01:00@Anonymous 15.10
On the contrary, many people on ...@Anonymous 15.10<br /><br />On the contrary, many people on Twitter are themselves, for better or worse. I certainly am - what you see on Twitter is what you get in person. Many, in fact, find it far easier to be themselves on Twitter, especially those who are seriously shy.<br /><br />And, by the way, the people on Twitter <i>are</i> real people - just as real as someone on the end of the telephone line. Some may invent alternate personalities, but I doubt they're a majority.<br /><br />Many use clearly fake names. I wouldn't, but that's their choice and I don't have a problem with it, whatever their reasons, but a nom de Twitter doesn't make them any less real.<br /><br />To dismiss Twitter folk as "not real" is, in my view, a mistake, and I think a lot of them would be mortified to be seen that way. Peeved, too, I should think.Ron Graveshttp://ronsrants.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-769437744086749047.post-45417747089718134392011-10-29T15:10:11.822+01:002011-10-29T15:10:11.822+01:00Yes the Tweety people are friends but I think they...Yes the Tweety people are friends but I think they are friends from a 'safe' distance. I think you can be who you want to be on here rather than who you are expected to be to those around you. You can like the Tweeters' chatter, personalities and characters but there are not the same commitments as a real face to face relationship. Embrace the care and joy from Twitter friends, it's great but it's no replacement for 'real' people!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-769437744086749047.post-23057700502342506782011-10-29T14:24:11.785+01:002011-10-29T14:24:11.785+01:00Ah, dear me . . .
The last sentence should read: ...Ah, dear me . . .<br /><br />The last sentence should read: The more so now that I'm becoming increasingly housebound.<br /><br />Penny, could you change that, please, and delete this? Thanks.<br /><br />RonRon Graveshttp://ronsrants.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-769437744086749047.post-73817692185997955932011-10-29T14:20:15.166+01:002011-10-29T14:20:15.166+01:00Well, skipping straight to your last two paras, ye...Well, skipping straight to your last two paras, yes, of course you can. <br /><br />Why? <br /><br />Well, let me give you an example - when I was hauled off to hospital in January, seriously ill, far more people on Twitter were concerned for me than in "real life". And if I don't tweet for a day - a rare event - there's usually someone who'll wonder what's happened.<br /><br />And as someone who doesn't make friends easily, I value that. The more so now, I become increasingly housebound.Ron Graveshttp://ronsrants.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com