Do the 'communities' / friendships made here ever lead to face to face meetings outside of the Discu

Site/Individual Meetings from Online
Hi Linda, I have been online for about 10 years now, off and on, and I know that there are many sites and rooms who do group meetings. Depends on individual circumstances of course with health and finances but it happens all the time online. Of course like any other meeting online you have to make sure that you are safe in a meeting situation, making sure all are who they say they are. It is always better to be safe than sorry on the internet. Hard to believe that some people take advantage of those in need emotionally or physically but it does happen so just be careful especially if you are doing a one on one meeting with someone you met online. Follow the rules for internet meetings, see them on webcam first, meet in a public place, always take someone with you or nearby if possible, and if you can meet in daylight, make sure you aren't followed home as well. Some even run police checks before meeting someone from the internet. Another good idea I have heard of is a cyber meeting of groups but with webcams and voice. You can create, or at least you used to be able to, a room or topic of your own with voice and cam and then others in the meeting join at a given time and date. Yahoo used to be like that but it isn't anymore, I would think though that there must still be sites where that is still possible if you look around. I don't know if MSN is like that or not. Anywho, that isn't a face to face in person thing but it makes it a bit more personal to hear and see the people at the cyber meeting. Just thought I would throw in my 2 cents worth. lol. Take care. Blueroses.