Reconnecting with old friends
Posted on August 5, 2026.
Back in 2021-2023, I was good friends with a person on tiktok, who then invited me to their discord server waaay back. I wasn't the most active user even then, but I still managed to make good friends with people and I look back at that era of my life fondly. to be honest, there's so many periods of my life where I have known people, and then come to no longer know them. I have had so many internet friends for as long as I can remember and some of them I have never been able to trace back and find. I vividly remember a friend I had made on a minecraft server talk about how meeting me helped them become more confident, and helped them make more friends and it's one of my favourite memories from a person I have known. I was the first person they had ever become friends with online. If you ever see this Vince, hi!!
a day or two ago i got invited to another discord server by the friends I had made in 2023. They've been routinely inviting me to their servers even though I hardly ever spoke or was active, and I thought that was really sweet. Honestly, I thought they wouldn't even remember me since it's been so long... I was lurking the chats for a bit just to see what was going on and if I saw anybody I recognised. I only recognised 3 people, and because profiles and usernames were probably changed since I was gone I didn't notice anyone else. As soon as I started typing, i was already getting responses from my friends and some excitement (and confusion) about where I'd been but also how i had even got there because nobody had noticed when I was in the chat, or even active. I think it's so cute that multiple people said they remembered me as 'that one editor' or just remembering my name, how they knew me, etc. It may just be a small thing to them, or maybe not even a thought at all, but it warms my heart knowing that my old friends remember me. I'm used to internet friendships naturally dulling or fading over time because naturally that just tends to happen. The fact that I can regularly participate in stream nights, gaming, and vc parties again just makes me feel so nostalgic. I don't really know many people that enjoy playing and streaming videogames.
to conclude... I want to get back to being more active online with the people I know. I know I'm quite internet active already, but I don't really interact with people much. I want to change that!