Fun! I feel like I was a pioneer for this type of "social media" (ie: having "online friends") in that Scott &amp; I used to play on MUDS (Multi-user Dungeons) which was like D &amp; D on computers. It was a text-based, multi-user environment that eventually evolved into games like Everquest and World of Warcraft, etc. When we first started, we dialed in on our 2400-baud modem! After losing our MUD community (which was hidden on a college mainframe for years) we moved to a new MUD when I was pregnant with my son (who turned 16 today.) We spent hours playing, questing, programming, designing and gaming with our online "friends" and ultimately knew quite a bit about them. When my son was a few months old we welcomed "Sorcha" "Lleldorin" and "Jesse" into our home - and Sorcha's seeing-eye dog too! Llel and Jess spent the night - even though we had just met "IRL" that same day. We still hear from "Miraclemax" and "Silly" - all these years later! Scott also met a few other people from our MUD IRL at work. We don't really play text-based-games anymore - they have been replaced. But online social networks have improved, strengthened and been legitimized over the past 18 years since I was first a member of GEnie (2 years before AOL.) :)