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 FRIEND | 10 |
| ACQUAINTANCE | 5 |
| ONLINE FRIEND | 5 |
| INTERNET FRIEND | 3 |
| AQUAINTANCE | 1 |
| FRIEND | 1 |
| ONLINE BUDDY/FRIEND | 1 |
| PENPAL | 1 |
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