What Is Friends For?

Malaysia
October 9, 2011 11:12pm CST
In this day and world, many people would be asking what is friend for? Especially with internet and Facebook, people are more easily connected even with people located at various parts of the world, be it 1 mile, 1,000 miles or 10,000 miles away. But at the same time, people are having less and less face to face connection. Does this mean people are having true friendship through Facebook or other social media? Or is it all superficial? What is friends for at this age? Any suggestions?
10 responses
@Bluedoll (16774)
• Canada
10 Oct 11
Interesting what do you think is the reason for less face to face connection? We almost need to define true friendship perhaps but without having to do that to determine if our social time is superficial or not we just need to ask for something. Friends are for asking for something and for giving something to. True?
• Malaysia
10 Oct 11
Modern societies travel and change at tremendous speed. People and things change due to advent of modern communication gadgets. Therefore. all peoples in this world have more opportunity to connect with people in various parts of the world but less time to know deeply about each others. We have now quantity (more friends) but less quality (intimacy) as we still have 24 hours each day.
@Bluedoll (16774)
• Canada
11 Oct 11
Well we have some very very good responses I think in this discussion that was initiated. People are saying very good things about what a friend is and will do for each other. I suppose we get to know things about people by what they write and how deeply they respond with quality. Our intimacy (quality) I suppose is determined by what we want to put into our relationships whether we are online or offline?
• China
11 Oct 11
How to say, along with the development of our modern society, profits and interests seem to be the most important part of our life. Friendship is not that cherishable anymore. It becomes easier to betray a friend and to be betrayed by friend. But I still believe there exists true friendship which will never fade out, that depends on what kind of guy u r. If u r a pure and kind guy, ur friend is the similar, and that kind of friends can share ur happiness and face the challenge with u, they can give u a comfort makes u feel alive.
• United Arab Emirates
11 Oct 11
I used facebook only to reconnect with my relatives and friends. So i already know wat kind of person they are. But for new acquaintances you can never really tell unless you get to meet them in person and be with them for a while.
• United States
11 Oct 11
Friends are for the good times and the bad.. to be by your side threw think and thin some one you can talk to about anything and everything some one you can trust some 1 you can shares your secrets with, a friend is there to stand by you when times get rough, friends are there so you can have a sholder to cry on. Well in facebook you have to understand its a media site and you and the other person can make it as real as you want it to be.. Just know in facebook you have your real friends in there and people you just met from all over the world and remember friends on there are friends on there so you have to take as it is & u can make it the best or the worst of what you want out of each persons experience.. I hope i help u out some..
• India
10 Oct 11
we can not say their friendship is true, that is depends on them and their thoughts. i do not believe about this. but, my friend swetha is getting many friends from this social websites. she is very close with them, but, upto now, she did not see their faces and so having a long friendship. i do not know, how far it is? when they meet only, we can determine their friendship.
@joni1215 (394)
• United States
10 Oct 11
A true friend loves you for who you are without expectations. They are there no matter what. As I no longer work I have found my friend base to be very slim as most of us make our friends in the work place. I have found some wonderful virtual friends and some of them I have met in person. And for the most part , without them I would not have been able to make it through some of the tough times I have faced in the last few years. Now, I have some home business things I do and my FB friends support me all the times. It is interesting to meet and learn of people in other countries. I seem to attract Aussies and they are cool. I have given it much thought as to how there can be so many lonely people in a world that is so large. I don't live whee I grew up so most of my real friends from school are virtual. And I think we have friends on different levels of life too. I do believe it's harder to make friends as one gets older. People seem to be so cautious and no as willing to open up. That is the stage of life I am in. And then older people make friends easier because they want people around again and they need them. So, I don't have any answers really. Just my point of view.
@omchesunche (1755)
• Indonesia
10 Oct 11
I think it depends on what kind of facebook you use for. I use it to get connected to my old friends and keep in touch with them wherever they might be. I found many using it for develop their business or starting with. So they need many new friends as they want to promote and sell their product. I found my friends using it for both purpose, which usually ending up with so many old friends being ignored and some of them left him or disconnect relationship due to too many annoying promotion from him.
• India
10 Oct 11
Friend should come for your help and give his hand to lift you up.. Friend should be there for you and always he should be your friend.
• India
10 Oct 11
Friend is one who helps you when you are at danger and gives his hand to lift you up.. A friend in need is a friend inneed.
@vasumathi (436)
• India
10 Oct 11
I feel like, true friendship doesnot lies in how far we have touch in each other. It is all about understanding