Well I would personally say both. Make some friends online, and make some friends in real life. Although I would have more close friends in real life than online.
I would use online friends more as a recreation, like maybe some forums or blogs. Because truly having friends in real life is way more rewarding socially than friends online. But maybe you could make friends online, and try to become friends with them as well in real life.
If your the kind of person that likes online friendships, making a friend online as well as in real life would probably be best for you. But honestly only you can make this decision.
In real life. I mean you could make good friends online but it might be 50 year old pedo's...
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.