I'm more curious if there's anyone out there for whom this isn't true. 'Fess up.

*raises hand* I have made no friendships that I consider truly close via online fandom. I have a lot of friends, but only a handful that I consider to be close friends. Perhaps it's just semantics. The people that I do consider to be close friends are all in fandom, and the online people that I consider to be friends are also largely in fandom.