Lol, I have personally met many of my FB group friend. 5 in the last 8 months. They are not just cyber friends to me. We start off like you and I are talking here. After many months and we hit it off they get on my FB list. (Close friends) after more time if one of us are in each others neighborhood we meet up. And continue to do so from then on. I don't do a whole lot of events. 12 hrs shifts in a hospital usually prevented much of a social life. So this is how I started meet my friends. Now that I'm retired and live in a small town. Still not much to do socially. Not many places to hike around here so not many hiking groups, or (horse) riding clubs. Besides meeting folks on the net first, removes the awkward first encounter. We already know each other