Today I write about making real friends here on Steem with which you can do things outside of Steem!
All that people want are followers and upvoters and fuck yes I want a lot of followers and cash as well, denying that would be hypocritical because without the money Steemit would just be a better Facebook version (which I stay away from).
Anyway, here on Steem I have met people that I get along with very well and with whom I work & talk with on a daily basis.
@Hopehuggs for example, she is a member of my group the "Berserkers" we talk and work together on Steem & Discord on a daily basis.
Friendship requires that you have the same interests and @Hopehuggs and my interest is Steem & self-improvement.
This should already give you an idea on how to build real friendships here on Steem!
How to Make Real Friends on Steem
First of all, you need to find people that have your interest (Steem is not enough). I suggest that you find 10 people here on Steem and follow them.
You also bookmark their blog pages so that you can easily open their blogs and not lose overview when you follow more than 10 people.
Yes, I only follow a select a few people to not lose the overview of things. The Steemit feed is currently not suited to keep a good overview of more than 10 blogs.
Furthermore, it is impossible to make really deep connections with more than 10 people. 10 People are already a lot.
So you find 10 people you like and write on their blogs every damn day (read this how to write awesome comments post). Remember that you want to build real friendships here & not some followers.
Afterwards, you invite them to talk with you over Skype, Discord or whatever platform you know to talk with each other (chatting is not enough).
Then you start helping each other and exchange gifts, basically like you maintain any real friendship.
How to make Friends on Steem in a Nutshell:
1. Find 10 people whose blogs you like to read.
2. Follow and bookmark their blogs.
3. Write extraordinary comments on their blogs
4. Invite them to talk with you.
5. Exchange gifts, upvotes, talk with each other on a daily basis.
6. Keep writing comments!
If you follow these tips and combine them with common sense you will be able to create a nice dragon "friendship".
Avoid Doing These Things
Here are things that you must abstain from doing if you want to build a real friendship.
1. Doing this to get more money.
2. Not helping and exchanging gifts with each other.
3. Writing bad comments.
4. Endless flattery in the comments.
5. Try to build a friendship with more than 10 people.
6. Irregular contact.
7. Trying to build a relationship with people whose blogs you don't like.
There are also more things to avoid, I recommend to just be yourself and to remember the tips that I wrote here, like that you will be able to meet the people you like.
And hopefully, you will meet each other in real life or at least exchange gifts!
Conclusion
You do not have to exchange physical gifts (which would, however, be awesome)! You can also exchange virtual gifts like upvotes, ebooks, advice or other stuff which you can gift to them which is virtual!
Here are gifts which I received from Steemians for example (The bear claws are custom made by 
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