My Oldest Online Friend

During my years spent online, I have developed quite a few good online friendships, mainly from communities like The Fanlistings and VegOpt. I love all of my online friends dearly, even those that have “quit” the online business¹. Online friendships are a little bit funny, they grow and change just like the way an offline friendship would, but sometimes it seems like there are some online friends whom I am closer to than offline!

My very first online friend, whom I am best friends with today, is the lovely Alice. We got to know each other through chatting on MSN and the TFL boards, and then we got the idea to start an online community together, which led to the creation of VegOpt. Alice is pretty much all-around fantastic, and I love that not only can I remember who my first online friend was, but that I am still excellent friends with her and hope to be for a very, very long time.

Alice also interviewed me recently in the style of my own interviews. She asked some fantastic questions, so please read if you get the chance!

Question of the Week: Who was your first online friend? Do you still keep in touch with that person?

1. I have lost touch with some of those who have given up all things online, and I hope that they are all doing awesome things that make them happy in their lives! [↩]

Cross-posted from breakthesky.net. Please leave any comments there.