The 21st century has witnessed the tendency of making friends in modern society. Therefore, a matter of considerable concern at present is the issue that more and more people choose to make online friends rather than those in the real world. From my perspective, friends from the virtual world have played an important role in each person, but offline friends are indispensable in our daily lives.
To commence with, online friends are priorities to many people in the global world for many factors. Firstly, it is widely believed that virtual friendship enables people to get access to any background in the world. It is because compared to previous eras, citizens only made companionship in their own neighborhood, province, city or in their social circle. Nowadays, thanks to the development of social media and the Internet, they can create a relationship around the globe regardless of geographical boundaries and racial, social and religious backgrounds. In addition, making friends online allows people to save up their time in modern lives. Since it is apparent that people in the 21st century are occupied with their duties, including projects, business trips or household chores, having online friends is an opportunity for busy people to keep in touch with them through social media or video calls without spending their time going out and visiting their real friends. Thus, they have a chance to relax themselves after hustles and bustles and meet their companions in the virtual world at the same time In other words, two elements constitute the preference of online friends in people’s daily lives.
On the other hand, offline friends still make a great contribution to human society. First, acquaintances in real daily lives are widely believed to be dependable and sympathetic to people. It is because of the fact that when people are in a pickle, their offline friends tend to put themselves in others’ shoes more easily than online ones since most friends in real life can understand people’s situations rather than those who become their online friends only know by posts, videos or text messages. Then, chances are that their offline friends are able to be sympathetic and motivate them to recover from terrible circumstances. Furthermore, offline friendship removes the element of anonymity and therefore becomes more trustworthy. Conspicuously, people do not know all the friends we make online; therefore, it is difficult for them to create a firm, satisfying and genuine companionship. In addition, some friends in the virtual world can take advantage of their anonymity to do illegal things, especially money extorting or kidnapping if users are not vigilant enough. In other words, making offline friends play a vital role in people’s lives.
In conclusion, the disposition to online friends has become more and more popular in the 21st century, however, real friends are also factors that constitute a good friendship. In my opinion, the best course of action would be an attempt to achieve a balance between virtual friends on the one hand and real friends on the other in order to achieve a genuine, effective relationship. 
The 21st century has witnessed the tendency of making  
friends
 in modern society.  
Therefore
, a matter of considerable concern at present is the issue that more and more  
people
 choose to  
make
  online
  friends
  rather
 than those in the  
real
  world
. From my perspective,  
friends
 from the virtual  
world
 have played an  
important
 role in each person,  
but
 offline  
friends
 are indispensable in our daily  
lives
.
To commence with,  
online
  friends
 are priorities to  
many
  people
 in the global  
world
 for  
many
 factors.  
Firstly
, it is  
widely
 believed that virtual friendship enables  
people
 to  
get
 access to any background in the  
world
. It is  
because
 compared to previous eras, citizens  
only
 made companionship in their  
own
 neighborhood, province, city or in their  
social
 circle. Nowadays, thanks to the development of  
social
 media and the Internet, they can create a relationship around the globe regardless of geographical boundaries and racial,  
social
 and religious backgrounds.  
In addition
, making  
friends
  online
  allows
  people
 to save up their time in modern  
lives
. Since it is apparent that  
people
 in the 21st century  
are occupied
 with their duties, including projects, business trips or household chores, having  
online
  friends
 is an opportunity for busy  
people
 to  
keep
 in touch with them through  
social
 media or video calls without spending their time going out and visiting their  
real
  friends
.  
Thus
, they have a chance to relax themselves after hustles and bustles and  
meet
 their companions in the virtual  
world
 at the same time In  
other
 words, two elements constitute the preference of  
online
  friends
 in  
people’s
 daily  
lives
.
On the  
other
 hand, offline  
friends
  still
  make
 a great contribution to human society.  
First
, acquaintances in  
real
 daily  
lives
 are  
widely
 believed to be dependable and sympathetic to  
people
. It is  
because of the fact that
 when  
people
 are in a pickle, their offline  
friends
 tend to put themselves in others’ shoes more  
easily
 than  
online
 ones since most  
friends
 in  
real
 life can understand  
people’s
 situations  
rather
 than those who become their  
online
  friends
  only
 know by posts, videos or text messages. Then, chances are that their offline  
friends
 are able to be sympathetic and motivate them to recover from terrible circumstances.  
Furthermore
, offline friendship removes the element of anonymity and  
therefore
 becomes more trustworthy.  
Conspicuously
,  
people
 do not know all the  
friends
 we  
make
  online
;  
therefore
, it is difficult for them to create a firm, satisfying and genuine companionship.  
In addition
,  
some
  friends
 in the virtual  
world
 can take advantage of their anonymity to do illegal things,  
especially
 money extorting or kidnapping if users are not vigilant  
enough
. In  
other
 words, making offline  
friends
 play a vital role in  
people’s
  lives
. 
In
 conclusion, the disposition to  
online
  friends
 has become more and more popular in the 21st century,  
however
,  
real
  friends
 are  
also
 factors that constitute a  
good
 friendship.  
In
 my opinion, the best course of action would be an attempt to achieve a balance between virtual  
friends
 on the one hand and  
real
  friends
 on the  
other
 in order to achieve a genuine, effective relationship.