More friends is always good. Can't have enough of them I say. and I mean REAL friends you talk to and not a number you just add to make a number go up like in Facebook. Romance however isn't my thing. I'm not looking for it. However if it happens to find me I won't be kicking and screaming too hard.
I find online dating to be a very effective way to get the ball rolling. It's good starting place cause at least you know you share a singular interest right out the gate. However people do need to take precautions because people are pretty much unknown while online. For all people know...I could be a three foot tall woman with a peg leg. Not that that would be a bad thing. Definitely interesting...just a polar opposite of one might think I am.