I completely agree with the notion of real friendships steem from showing who you are as a person, and unfortunately it's hard to do that effectively on the blockchain.

But I believe that if you are able to capture a fraction of who you are by sharing your thoughts and what your passionate about through blogging, join a few communities and actively contribute (I see your in the Writers Block!), and add value to others lives through comments, the right people will effectually gravitate towards you and say HI here and there :)

Thanks for stopping by @steemfluencer :)