Virtual Popularity Isn't Pathetic, It's Cool

Now before anyone judges a book by its cover (the title), I believe Virtual Popularity is a good thing when it comes to making friends because when you make friends online, you'll know so much more than their friends may know about them in real life. Online people open up to you more because they don't know you, they just know OF you. Your trust for them is barely beginning, meaning they trust you until you prove them wrong. They don't know if you'll judge them, and they won't care until they see that you do. Plus, once you actually meet that person in real life, they could either become one of your best friends or your enemies. In my opinion social media doesn't ruin how to make friends "the old fashion way". As long as you're making friends it doesn't matter if it's online or in person, either way you're meeting someone new. As long as you're keeping in touch with your old friends it shouldn't matter how you approach them, whether it's going out for dinner or sending them a text message. For example, one of your old highschool best friends moves across the country for college, you can't go to dinner, but you can chat with them online. The world is going to continue moving forward with or without you, but in the end, if you want to keep in touch with your friends you're going to have to move on to the things that they do as well. If not, you two are going to lose touch and you have no choice but to accept it because you were ignorant enough not to move forward in our technological era and simply send someone a private message saying "let's go to the movies." You never know, someone may be out of text messages for their phone bill, and they can only use wi-fi to associate someone.