I personally think it varies from person to person. If two people are willing to make a effort than it will last a 100% but if they don’t then I guess not. And for internet friendship to be strong, people have a misconception that you have to talk everyday but that is absolutely not necessary. As long as ya’ll take care of each other when one of the other asks for help than it’s all good. People just need someone they can talk to and if someone is willing to do that than it doesn’t matter if it’s on the internet or in real life.
You can also try to meet up in real life later in the future after you feel like it’s time that you guys should see each other. Skype is also one of the options. I’m not going to lie people do lie over the internet so choose your friends wisely. I don’t really have a way to do that. I think its just based on luck
I hope this helped.
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