How to make friends online: Guide to making meaningful friendships

Making friends online is not an easy order, especially when there are numerous online services that claim to bring people together and help them make meaningful connections today.
This is especially when most of these apps are setup in a way that you can only be matched with people looking for dates, most of who end wanting something else altogether, instead of creating meaningful connections.
Most social networks that we have are no better either since they are all about content creation, to keep users addicted to their platform. For example, on TikTok everybody seems to be dancing or sharing their recent successes or plates of food, which doesn’t necessarily mean making friends online.

That is why the Hobbytwin app is seeks to bridge that gap and help you find online friends around you, or even when you relocate.
With Hobbytwin, you search any hobby interest of yours, and you instantly get matched with nearby friends who share the same activities you love.

Step by step Guide to making authentic friends online

Making authentic friends online is easy-peasy with Hobbytwin!

If you are looking for genuine like-minded people nearby there are several ways to go about it, and making friends online based in mutual hobbies and interests is at the top of making making any meaningful connection. This guide will outline the best ways to make any new friendships last so just follow along and you should make new friends nearby in no time. For instance, lets say that you just landed in a new city or college, but don’t know where to start building meaningful connections. This guide will help you make new connections last and become long-lasting relationships.

Step 1. Be yourself when creating your profile

• Be real certain that you actually want to make friends online.
  This means authentic details that highlight your personality when setting up your profile.
• Write a short bio to describe yourself and what attracts you to other people.
  You can could say something like; “I enjoy painting, going for morning runs and exploring hidden river trails, let’s connect”
• Remember to highlight things that make you interesting; to attract like-minded people nearby such as hobbies and interests.
  Avoid over-exaggerating on your achievements. In this age of AI where people can generate all manner of media instantaneously to impress their followers, be the authentic one and you will make real friends. As the street slogan goes; “Real knows real”.

Step 2. Have a clear goal on why you want to make friends.

• Before decide on whatever platform will best suit your needs, you must set clear goals on what you are looking to achieve by making friends online.
  Are you looking for a date, for casual sexual encounters, for hobby enthusiasts, meaningful friendships or just casual chats online?
• Be honest to yourself about your intentions and then decide on the best online platform for you.
  Hobbytwin seeks to connect friends for all social needs in one app, but that shouldn’t stop you from exploring.

Step 3. Decide and select the right online platform to join.

• Based on the reasons you identify in step no.2 above, decide on the right online platform for making friends. Choose the one that suits your needs the best because friend making platforms online are quite different.
• For instance, Tinder is known for people looking for casual sexual encounters, aka, hookups, while Hobbytwin is for making hobby friends nearby based on common interests.
  There is also meetup and Eventbrite which are known for group event and activities while Hobbytwin instantly matches you with like-minded individuals, who can the decide whether to form groups or team events and activities.

Tips on making meaningful friendships online

Most long-term relationships grow organically from people doing something they love together, so it is essential to ensure that you actually explore the interests you love with like-minded people nearby. To make meaningful relationships, ensure the following:

1. Share authentic media and details on your profile to build trust

• Be yourself, and do not shy away from sharing media that aligns with information you have shared on your bio. This helps in building trust with your matches making them also want to open up to you in return.
  For instance, if you are making friends online on the Hobbytwin app add a hobby like ‘swimming’ as a mentor, it would make sense that you share at least a short video of you swimming, as proof that you can really swim, which would in turn make newbies want to request swimming lessons from you.
• You can even do an explainer video or a tips video on how to become a better swimmer, painter or whatever skill that you seek to mentor people on.

2. Remain active and engage your network regularly.

• No one thinks a half-assed friendship is an actual friendship, and that’s the problem we have in the world of social networks today. Just because you like my posts or comment on my status regularly doesn’t mean that you area actually my friend. To make meaningful friends online you have to stay consistent and check in on your friends regularly, whether they are nearby friends or if you are actually looking to make friends from all over the world.
• You can also plan for in-person hobby exploration escapades with your friends and share your experience on Hobbytwin. That is why the Hobbytwin app is an instant hobby matching app with a built-in social network that allows you to add posts for every skill you have on your profile to keep track of your progress.

3. Show-up to the agreed upon hobby lessons, dates or hangout sessions

• With Hobbytwin, we allow users to send each other hobby lesson requests and invites to explore the skill you have in common. Since you are trying to make friends nearby and from all over the world online, we encourage our users to show up and actually explore the hobby interest in question. We have integrated Google calendar in our app to make scheduling for hobby lessons even easier as you will get an email notification when a lesson is scheduled to either confirm or decline, so if you confirm a lesson, please do show up.Disclaimer; We encourage our matches to meet in public and explore their skating, running, painting activities outdoors since we are not liable for any security concerns that may arise from meeting strangers in insecure locations.

4. Also, Manage expectations

Please remember that not every person who share the same interest you do will automatically become your new best friend, so it is okay to manage your expectations. However, never shy away from showing people who you are, and always give the best version of yourself with an open heart, and if it still doesn’t “click” just keep meeting new people through Hobbytwin. If you don’t instantly “connect” with a hobby partner and you gave it your best, just focus more on the positives from the encounter and pay it forward.

How Hobbytwin helps in finding you like-minded friends nearby and around the world even easier.

1. Instant friends matching powered by AI:
   – Based on similar hobbies and interests, even when you relocate to new cities.
   – If you relocate simply auto-sync your new location to get new matches for the same hobbies and interests your explored back home.
2. Matching based on hobbies, interests, careers, courses, tools etc.
   – Basically, if it is a human interest, we will find you matches nearby to explore with, regardless of what you want to learn or share with the world.
3. Advanced safety features:
   – We employ state of the art security measures to ensure that user data is well secured and also offer other features such as blocking for user security.
   – Also, we encourage our users to set a location of choice on their profile instead of their actual one for security reasons. We also offer blocking, reporting, account suspension and deletion for violating our privacy policy.

Conclusion

Making friends in college, at work or in a new city just became easy peasy with Hobbytwin! Just add any hobby, activity, course, career or a tool that interests you and we will instantly find you like-minded friends nearby to explore it with. Start building your hobby network today and stay connected with genuine friends nearby and around the world on Hobbytwin; It is the best way to socialize!