How to Make Friends Online – FriendPC Guide

We all know that friendships are good for our health. But according to a study published in Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, friendships formed on social networking sites can have the same emotional and psychological benefits as face to face friendships. If you are looking to how to make friends online, we have the solution for you.

FriendPC understands that online friendships can and have been beneficial for anyone who struggles with social anxiety, lack of confidence, or shyness. Perhaps they live in a location where they are not around people similar to them.

To make or find friends online who are similar to you, it first takes building or discovering the right network. People usually connect easier with people who share the same interests. Not to mention it is a lot easier to make conversations flow from one topic to the next.

Niche Groups on Social Media

Such as how I am into Yoga and hiking, you may be interested in video games or the gym. Back when I searched for people to connect with online, I joined a couple online groups on places such as Facebook, Meetup, and even Twitter. There, I found many friends who made me happy whenever I interacted with them. Not only did we speak about our personal interests, but we built up our trust to talk about our personal lives too.

If you curious about engaging with people you may be interested in, we recommend checking out our Forum and starting a subject you may be interested in. Perhaps you can get others to join and speak about the subject too. FriendPC also built a personalize Chat Room that you may be interested in if you want to interact with others.

When you first join the group/forum/chat room, make a post introducing yourself to the others. Most likely you will receive some welcoming comments and this is an easy way to start your search for friends.

By maintaining a presence online in your community, simply get involved in the discussions. Post friendly and encouraging comments on people’s pictures and posts, and make posts of your own that contributes to the group’s topic.

Once are you part of a community, start to get to know each other day by day, week by week and eventually even month after month. Ask questions and engage positively with the community.

Then, if you are ready to meet, it’s perfectly normal to send them a message and ask them if they would like to hang out together and talk about whatever you have in common.

If you are friendly with the entire group and you live close enough, arrange a local meetup at a cafe to discuss your mutual interest for anyone interested.

A Note to Make Online Conversations More Interesting

One of the best methods to make a conversation online more interesting is to commonalities. Whether it’s common backgrounds, passions, or curiosities.

An advantage to speaking to someone line is that in real life, you usually have less ammo to use to understand the person. Online, you can review their profiles, their history and a lot of facts about them. So use that information to make your conversations more interesting.

By focusing on common interests, the conversation becomes more interesting for both of you. It becomes easier to make deeper conversations that helps you bond faster. By asking about someone’s relationship to a subject, it makes the conversation more meaningful.

When you begin to have conversations about specific topics, you will find that you and that person have other things in common as well. Your conversation will naturally branch off into other areas and eventually you will discover that you now have a new friend online.

Make An Interesting Online Profile

Your online profile is everything about you. It is what people are going to review before personally engaging with you. That is why it’s important to include any information that will affect the type of friend you’d like to meet.

For example, if you are looking for friends who are into fitness, share your fitness lifestyle in your “About Me” section and state why it is important to you.

If you have any experiences or passions that stands out or you consider interesting, list them on your profile too. By expressing an openess about yourself, it creates an easier foundation to make friends online. Ending your “About Me” with something along the lines of “I love meeting new people, so feel free to send me a message if you’d like to chat!” will make people more comfortable reaching out to you because you have given the green light.

Be honest about yourself and it will be a light for others to follow. Such as how you wouldn’t want to pretend to be someone else when you’re engaging with people, don’t build a fake persona about yourself online because you think people will like you for it.

Keep in Mind Online Friendships are as real as Face-to-Face

You don’t have to be shy to look online for friendship. Many people struggle with tight schedules that prevents them from engaging with other people, some people live in locations that makes it hard to find people similar to them.

Making friends online is one a solution to solve the issue of time that can prevent us from developing relationships. Not to mention the ability to make friends online expands our options to people not only in our area, but around the world too.

If you struggle with social anxiety or want to improve your self confidence whenever you engage with someone, FriendPC has a variety of Virtual Friends who can build your confidence and help you. Not only will they give you the comfort to disclose personal information judgement free, they can enhance your socializing experience too.

Many people biggest concern to online friendships is whether it’s truly real or not. But the Internet makes it easier to develop intimate friendships because people are not bound by social or cultural norms that may influence their face-to-face friendships.

It’s also easier to open up to people online because of the security in knowing they are unable to break your confidence by sharing it with mutual acquaintances.

Just keep in mind that if you struggle with face-to-face communication, interested in making friends in different areas of the world, or live in an area where it is difficult to meet new people, strongly consider online friends as a a strong candidate for yourself.