PP7

How do you refer to someone you don’t know in person or don’t know well, but have corresponded with on social media? “She’s a(n) __________.”

This question is new; it was not asked in the 1965–70 survey.

FACEBOOK FRIEND10
ACQUAINTANCE5
ONLINE FRIEND5
INTERNET FRIEND3
AQUAINTANCE1
FRIEND1
ONLINE BUDDY/FRIEND1
PENPAL1

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