Let's Talk - Gaming and Friendship

On our blog, we have been sharing with you our Let's Talk series. Today on the series we are going to be discussing gaming and friendship. How can you create friendships through gaming and is this truly safe?

Making friendships through gaming is easy, especially if you play games online. You will be chatting to people online who are interested in the same games that you are playing. You will be able to find friendships with people with similar interests this way.

However, with creating friendships online you do need to be extremely careful no matter what your age is. There are a lot of dangerous people out there and they do use online gaming platforms as their area to plan attacks. This can be anything from online bullying, sexual harassment, to potential murder. You will need to be careful with what information you share and who you trust online. Some people out there will be honest, but until you have seen them over video, you need to be careful who you trust as people will lie.

Sharing personal information through online gaming platforms should be avoided at all costs. You will not be able to know truly who the person is on this platform. You should only consider sharing personal information when you know the person when you have met the person away from your home in a public place.

Creating friendships through online gaming platforms is possible, but it is dangerous. You need to keep yourself as safe as possible and think about every possible outcome. Do not trust everyone as some of these people may not be safe. Consider video chatting, meeting in a public place with other friends or keeping the friendship online. Keep yourself as safe as possible.