By: Dave Bonta

Dave Bonta — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:18:47 +0000

This jibes with my own experience. For those of us whose interests diverge even a little from the mainstream, or who live in very traditional parts of the country, the internet is a much easier way to find people who who share our interests and attitudes (which is not to say that IRL communities in which we have to learn to get along with people very different from ourselves aren't incredibly important, too). Through following personal blogs, especially, I have gotten to know some online friends better in the course of a few years than IRL friends I've known for decades.

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By: Dave Bonta

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