I got one from here, not because we were looking for friendship, it was kind of random. They asked for help/knowledge and I gave some insights and then the thread just grew and grew and we agreed to move out off Lemmy to chat in private. But we are internet friend, we live pretty far from each other and I think it is nice to have those kinds of friendships too.
I am unsure how many actually remember the username of others so having bigger discussions do I think helps a lot. But I have also seen ppl giving a backstory and then just asking to join groups or asked how to find groups, like a dnd group and a lot of ppl invite the person to join them.
It is interesting how different ppl think depending on groups (and age). Iphone by the ppl I know (25-65) is either forced on you at work or you are tech illiterate and do not care (some even pick it because of the esthetic). What you wrote throws me back to 2010-2014 haha
All the smart ppl I know do not understand iphones which is even funnier when it are supposed to be the easy to understand option. Nowadays do I mostly see only older ladies and some random ppl with iphone, most got Samsung or pixel.