e-Buddies

Depends. I've had quite a few confidiants over the 'net. I've actually met a few in real life... one was a guy I knew in school (of course I didn't know this at the time); we got really close and now are practically best friends. Then I almost ended up going out with another guy I met on some forums and lived the next town over (something I found out later in the relationship).

But those cases are from when I was young and stupid. Or maybe I've just gotten really cynical since then. The only people I really talk to online are people I do know in real life, people I know from my blogging site, and people from communities like this. Most of the time I simply "kill time" and joke around with 'em. I usually don't hold them on the same level as IRL friends, and cutting out time for them for things like hours-long conversations and support sessions is something I generally don't do any more.

Jam it back in, in the dark.