What are your thoughts on adults befriending minors online?

I'm an avid gamer and I have met a lot of friends online who were teens at the time. Tbh I never felt weird talking to someone just because they were a certain age, you talk to people and you can feel how dum or how mature they can be irrespective of their ages. I met a bunch of friends when I was 26(F) and they were 17 (M) they were 3 people. And ......   reply

If we like the same things and have fun together, idc your age. Just don’t be a freak and it’s fine.   reply

if it's just playing games, sharing the same interest/hobbies it's totally fine. Y'all make everything weird. touch some grass   reply

I'm an adult, I've had friends who were almost 10 years my junior and we got along fine, I've had friends who were like 20 years my senior and all was good. It's not weird unless people make it weird. We're not that different from each other. Like, all human relationships have their own set of difficulties, you just need to be mindful and it'll b......   reply

it's a hard NO for me. teenagers are alarmingly frightening, they've no boundaries. I might be inclined to teach them internet safety, but that's as far as I will go. kids shouldn't be mingling in adult spaces, esp online   reply

if they're just acquaintances who game together or they just banter off each other in forums that's not the weirdest, but beyond that it's creeping too close to those ppl who unload all their issues on an unsuspecting 14 year old who has no business acting as their emotional wheelchair;;; like if they're having convos in dms that seems mighty weird......   reply

As long as the adult isn’t trying to groom/date the minor, meet up irl, or asking for inappropriate pictures, I think an adult being friends with a minor is okay. Online it’s also hard to know what age someone is to begin with. So if an adult befriends a minor online or treated a minor like a peer not knowing their age I wouldn’t find it odd.   1 reply

It's a no for me.   reply

Nope. I do my best to never interact with minors here. Minors may not know better, but adults should.   reply