Let’s Really Be Friends.

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    • Subject Terms:
      MYSPACE (Web resource); FACEBOOK (Web resource)
    • Abstract:
      The article discusses the evolved character of online friendships and defends them as relationships just as real as conventional ones. The author surveys the history of relationships on social media, from Internet Relay Chats (IRCs) beginning in the 1980s to social-media companies MySpace and Facebook that emerged in the 21st century. It is maintained that intimacy is no longer a feature exclusive to physical relationships.