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As I was reading social networks and online community, I realize that there are many elements to friendships that I do experience online. And it allows me to broaden the multifunctional role that friendships play in my life. Haythorthwite lists classwork, collaboration, socialization and the exchange of emotional support. All of those things occur online for me. During the year I go back and forth with a number of class friends on ideas for papers, checking texts and questions. During the summers when I’m away from school, and working full time, social media and the internet becomes the dominant way I stay in touch with my good friends. Whether it’s the exchange of pictures, of stories, of needing advice about a certain situation…SO much of it occurs online and I don’t think I ever really realized how function social networking sites were in maintaining my friendships