bubblesjustbubbles:Social networking - true friendship?

so , I had a look at what James Randerson from The Guardian Unlimited had to say about networking sites. I'm with him.
hmmm.. sometimes we dont have to take ourselves too seriously, and thats what happens with my profile on websites such as facebook. I often get to throw a sheep at my friends abroad, see I dont tet a tet with them that often anymore and it is nice when they receive my thrown sheep even though we live in different countries and that somehow maintains our friendship in a silly yet smart way, shall I say. Thats where Mr James confuses me a little bit when he talks about people who have people in their "Friends" which they have never met in real life. I am sorry, who does that? I personally know all the people on my facebook profile and although I generally agree with him, we have to correctly identify the various types of site users first and then start analysing them. He talks about the countless acquaintances we collect and then he goes on to imagine that these can become true friendships. Very cyberspace I suppose...

Friendship is something that happens between two or more people that consists of friendly relation or intimacy. A feeling or disposition for that matter...
this can certainly not happen via a screen and a keyboard. As I said, I know all the people on my list. A handful of them are my true loving friends. And the others I simply like, and if them or I someday realise that we can be very good friends... well, lucky us indeed.