I guess for me, most of my friends are now online. Funny to think I’ve never met them in person but can find someone who is a real soul twin or on my wavelength … and I’ve grieved for them when they have gone…
Perhaps we judge the person more on their character than their looks online?
My daily contact with real people now seems to be more just nodding accquaintance.
I don’t even have friends online Morty 
When I retired I missed many of my colleagues especially after we moved up country. But we soon got some new and lovely friends. That said I continued to have the on-line group, yourself included Lady Morticia !
By choice, I have only a small circle of friends in the real world, a larger circle online.
All my friends are fake news algorithms, but I love ya all.
who needs friends these days, talk to Ai
Unfortunately All of My old Friends have died,but I did make some new Ones when We were all Members of Sagazone Site,and We went on holidays,weekends away,lunches etc’…A few joined the old OFF when saga shut down,but others didn’t make it on to the OFC…so…I just love My online Friends here…A few I’ve ‘known’ for around 20 years…I hope We continue to chat for a long time to come.xxx
The real world has been diminishing for years now, no wonder real friends are scarce 
There is an opportunity for a new venture now, a site named “Real Friends Reunited” 
That’s unreal.
Let me take you down
'Cause I’m going to Strawberry Fields
Nothing is real
And nothing to get hung about… 
For Me, I have more friends online; I am still in contact with some that I grew up with, I don’t see them in person as much as I would like but, we stay in contact at least. As for others that I grew up with; we are not in contact anymore at all, and some have passed away
These days, I hardly get to talk to anyone face-to-face. Most of my friends are online friends. Interestingly, some of them have even flown from other countries to visit me, and we’ve become true friends who can talk about almost anything, including our personal lives and families.
I guess living here makes it harder to meet people regularly because of the traffic and long travel times. I occasionally meet up with close university friends for a meal, but honestly, these days, the people I talk to most are… AI! 
It’s very different here than in England, then.
In shopping stores, every aisle I turn in there’s someone I know to speak to! Chatting in the parking lot yesterday for 15 minutes with a gal I used to work with.
My volunteering keeps me very social, too. Shade Tree Commission, local historical assn., on the Board of Trustees at the library I worked at for 10 years before I worked at the State Police HQ before retiring. Working in the Town Clerk’s office as 1st deputy clerk after retiring for a year (residents coming in paying property taxes) let me refresh friendships from decades ago. Even the Senior Center activities now and then (bus trips to events all over NY state) keeps me very social.
Lucky for me, lifelong friends I made still enjoy interacting despite me being…me! 
So, I think I have a few hundred more friends in the real world than online friends, although I am very fond of several of you chatting/swapping stories and tidbits of our lives without meeting face to face. 
some online some real for me never thought the online ones might be Ai. i definitely wouldn’t count alexa as a friend. But its nice to meet people from different places.
Oh well, I’m from The United Kingdom of Great Britain and that’s what my password says. England is part of that. So is Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland… 
Many friends i grew up with and knew from my home town (London) have, like us, moved away and settled elsewhere in the UK - some have also relocated abroad, so we now keep in touch online.
The internet has made it so much easier to stay in contact, although some have lost touch over the years, for a number of reasons.
Any contact or connection with others, whether online or in person, is better than no contact, imo.
Spot on, Anise !!
I think the amount of face to face friends depends on many things.
As stated earlier by Anise, many have moved away, some have passed away, and being in the 70 to 80 age group some are in poor health or been diagnosed with dementure.
Work colleagues, although good friends while working alongside them tend to drift away if interests vary. I keep in touch with about half a dozen who have passed through my life at various times.
So the majority of friends I am in contact with on a regular basis can be found on this forum, although some might not consider me a friend.
One gang leader died, that was good because no resignation letter was required.
I did mean England, Besoeker. I have several friends I am in contact with weekly, since 2015. I know their limited contact with neighbors and friends, so I can comment on English folks. Other countries I’m not familiar with the everyday schedules, so didn’t make reference to them.
