There is an aspect of anonymity that gives you greater freedom to be "yourself"; if you are rejected, that single friendship ends and it is unlikely to be spread throughout other groups.
You can talk about what you like and be who you are, a truer expression of self. There is also often a different "culture; many things online people understand that offline people don't
maybe by not judging me based off appearance alone or who i might associate with in real life or what they hear from other people solely because of the fact they don’t know me in that aspect
conversation about specific hobbies
Most of the times your online friends are anonymous, so you can say whatever you want to them (i.e. if you feel like venting, or telling them about a secret that your offline friends do not know about)
A unique communication through mostly words, no visual ques or body language, just words.
I have no offline friends, it's been a few years since I did, so I can't really recall.
I don't know because my online friends are my offline friends
They're not "online friends", they're my friends. You literally just asked about that.
More interest in specific hobbies
I speak with online friends about deeper and more personal topics.
More freedom
Current interests
someone to talk to
Similar interests.
They’re interested in certain specific subjects my irl friends may not care for
They exist
they don’t know everything about me
You can talk to them more often and tell each other things more easily
I bond with them directly on a topic. Normally my in real life friends we have multiple things to connect with and also dissimilar. With my online friends, it’s more we connect deeply on one topic and bringing it up constantly isn’t weird or stale.
shared interests in nerdy things