When it comes to forming identity relationships online from reading the article and from past experiences I do not think that they are meaningful. Relationships are not as green as everyone thinks that they are. Couples often times post their best pictures online which could make them seem happy with one another in reality they probably aren’t. I believe that Instagram couples may give out a false conception because they feel the need that they are in a relationship that they need to post happy pictures with one another. When it comes to if the relationship is genuine, the article talked about how people can meet online, flirt, and break up online. Nowadays when meeting online we just look at a picture of someone and decide if we are interested in them without even knowing anything about them, this eliminates getting to know them personal and genuinely getting to know them.

I agree that online environments limit forming close relationships and forming intimacy. Reasons why that I think this is that how close can a person actually get to someone though the internet and actually form a bond vs meeting them in real life. People can get so caught up in the pictures people post just because they look good in them but do not look to the other sides of things like how do they look outside of their instagram and if the can even connection emotionally with them. Back in the day before cellphones people had to go up to people they wanted to take out on a date and sit down with them face to face and hold a conversation vs being behind a phone screen were people can give false information about themselves.