Exactly what it says on the tin. Personally, I consider most, if not all of my SpaceHey followers my actual friends, though that's probably I usually make a effort to talk about their interests, (even their interests aren't my own,) anything going on our lives (unless it's too personal,) and anything going on online. I'd say it's different from following someone on, say, YouTube, in that, normally, you follow someone on YouTube because you enjoy the content they make, rather follow them because you enjoy their company.
I'm curious what other people think about this. I know there's a popular debate weather or not internet friends in general count as real friends, so there's that.