Thanks quids. I was thinking of starting the same topic .... Speaking for myself, I have more friends as a result of use of the internet - especially people I have met through this forum and the associated drinks. However I am prob not a typical social networker. Most of my online interaction is with people that I have met in person, or at least it is on forums/ sites where I have met some of the people. Trying to put myself into a timewarp and consider what it would be like to be a teenager now, I probably would have more interactions with other people than I did then. But this is hard to judge.