The court of public opinion in social networks and among those who are in certain groups or what I call clicks, is dysfunctional. It sounds like my bio-family. If I didn't play the game that my father initiated, then I was beaten and locked in a closet. I find the same online. That is why I just stick here. It is home. Certain people I do consider my close friends, and others are just acquaintainces.
I think that being online is a gift, as is this site. So many of us are not mobile, or are sick, poor, living in the county or city where there is few neighbors or any glbt groups, or getting there up in age. This is our door to so many new possibilities. No more social isolation for anyone of us.
And what a blessing that is!