[rolph]

that sounds like making friends.

[bluefirebrand]

In order to make friends you kind of need to have spaces where you can meet people and trust them enough to make connections

In person is obviously the safest for this. For online friendships I feel the places to meet people you can trust aren't AI or Scammers has shrunk a ton

[nomel]

A reasonable approach is the one that was used in real life: friends of friends can be invited to the space for compatibility screening.

[bluefirebrand]

Yeah of course

It makes it very, very hard to start from zero though. Like starting over in a new city

[fragmede]

Shared hobbies and interests connect people, and you can use that to leverage into friendships.

[d_silin]

It is!