You are chatting with someone who is close by, would you prefer to meet them and actually talk?

For me, yes. I’ve often gone out of my way to go have coffee with nearby internet strangers. I often go over to my sister’s place to talk instead of just calling her. However, I think that with the proliferation of internet culture and the rising costs of transportation (combined with things like social eating becoming a luxury) many people are resorting to staying home instead of going out. One of the few businesses that is really exploding right now is internet gaming – more people are staying home and dishing out a few bucks for a game they can play for weeks instead of spending three times that amount in one night going out and socializing.

I would rather keep chatting than actually meet them in person. It’s the new generation.

@veneziana @Amoebic Thanks.

I would rather meet up and chat things up than be on the computer all day.

I would much rather just sit in and chat, unless we were good friends and I was bored.

Meeting them is much better, I think. Chatting online is great, but you don’t get facial expressions & voice intonement. Being face to face is always better, IMO.

Depending on the situation and circumstances then yes. Online interaction puts me in touch with people I share common interests with I might not otherwise meet by chance while out in my city.

It depends on the circumstance. With people I don’t know very well I feel like the screen takes away at lot of the awkward “uhhs” and “umms”, but with friends i’d rather grab a cup of coffee and chat.

@jbfletcherfan Intonement means to recite in a singing tone. Intonation is the pattern or melody of pitch changes in connected speech, esp. the pitch pattern of a sentence, which distinguishes kinds of sentences or speakers of different language cultures.

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@Zen Oookkayyyy, I stand corrected. You knew what I meant.

That would depend on what it is we talk about online. Romantic banter? Well then that could be nice. Friends for hanging out, great. I really like being able to exchange a lot of communication online, observing shared interests and ways of interacting with other people from the safety of my screen- so much information ahead of time with no physical risk.

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@jbfletcherfan Of course I knew what you meant, but we are also here to learn. Thanks for sending me to the dictionary. It’s from dictionary.com, btw, the best on the net imho.