The meaning of friends/朋友的意义 Chinese social medias are criticizing the losing value of social networking platforms like Wechat which are supposed to be bonding tools among circles of friends but now filled with advertisements from oversea purchasing agents. Also, people communicate fewer than before with each others but learn about friends and family members via shares and statues on the social networking sites. Too many people simply put up selfies or forward articles with catchy titles to get Likes or meaningless comments. Some people cannot help but ask themselves, including me, the same question: the circle is there, but where are all my dear friends? Friends made when we were deskmates, dorm mates or schoolfellows are drifting apart. Is it reaching a point when one needs to make friends based on the interest and hobbit? Or, simply, we have been following the wrong rules in choosing friends from the very beginning? I think I am a bit confused about the meaning of friends. At a time when everyone seems to get quick help online while friends in real life seldom gather together due to busy schedules and focus on many different things, does one need friends? The four women in the Sex and the City or four nerds in the Big Bang Theory demonstrate the ideal friendship for me as they can exchange ideas about certain matters and always be there for each other whenever one needs help. Maybe that’s something simply too good to be true. 中国媒体都在抨击类似微信之类的社交网站已失去真正意义上的交流价值。原本应成为促进感情交流的工具现在却充斥着海外代购广告。人们交流得越来越少，只是通过分享和动态来了解朋友和家人的信息。太多的人只是更新自拍照或者转发诱人的文章让人赞或者发无聊的评论。 不少人，包括我自己，都在问同样的问题：圈还在，但是朋友去哪了？因为同桌，同寝室，同校而交到的朋友正渐离渐远。是不是到了应该根据同样的兴趣和爱好选择朋友的时候？抑或是，我们从一开始就没选对？ 我越来越不了解朋友的概念。当每个人似乎都可以从网上得到帮助，而现实生活中的朋友却因为时间繁忙、重心不同而很少聚在一起，我们还需要朋友吗？《欲望读书》里的4个好姐妹还有《生活大爆炸》里的4个书呆子之间的友谊就很完美，他们可以交流意见，做彼此的支柱。 也可能这样的友谊是太美好而不真实吧。