everybody, everybody (or, i stopped short for some reason)
back in the day, i used to go hang out at friends' houses all the time. this is when i had friends that lived in this town and within walking distance. i would always wander over and see what was going on. usually, nothing was going on, but they'd gladly invite me in and let me hang out while they did whatever, or we'd sit and talk; or sometimes there'd be people there, and we'd all commune. good times.
it seems like the internet is like that for me now. all of my friends are online; i go to diaryland and livejournal to see what's going on and to hang out. i would not call this an improvement on the previous system.