Although there are some voices warning people against making friends online, it was still increasingly popular nowadays. From my point of view, it is obviously wise to make friends online.
To begin with, making friends online can wind us down. Generally speaking, everybody has some private problems that he cannot share with others around him in real life. On the Internet, we don’t know each other, so we can speak about anything freely, and sometimes we can find somebody else in the same situation and thus we can share the feelings and relax. In addition, making friends online can broaden our views .We can meet a variety of people and get all sorts of new knowledge and sometimes we will benefit more from chatting with those wiser. Last but not the least, it can help people develop writing skills. People can express their opinions more effectively by regular chatting.
Some people have opposing ideas perhaps because many people have been cheated online. But as we all know, if a person is always cautious, how can he be cheated? Considering that people always reject the dross and assimilate the essence, we should take every advantage to make friends online while being aware of the dangers online.