I'm having social troubles.

[Rally]

Foxscotch is not giving you accurate advice. Keep in mind he has 15,000 more posts on this forum than 2nd place on the top posters list. I don't think he knows anything about going outside. The goal is not to grow up overnight and start meeting business co-founders, it's about making close friends that can support you emotionally and give you something to do while you're in highschool and bored.

Internet friends are cool but face to face conversion is 30x more valuable and worthwhile. Physiologically speaking you get jack stuff out of online conversations.

Actually, I was kind of getting that vibe. The problem is I'm not doing anything. I can make strong acquaintances, I just can't bring them onto the "friend" level.

What I might recommend doing is making yourself a tiny bit vulnerable. Open up just a little bit, people are naturally kinda inclined to want to help. It can draw them closer to you. This is the best way to build trust and trust is key to any kind of relationship with another human.

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[Dannu]

Prepare for me to drop some mad knowledge.   The best way to gain someone's trust is to entrust them with something that you are usually responsible for.

[Col. Derontchi]

What I might recommend doing is making yourself a tiny bit vulnerable. Open up just a little bit, people are naturally kinda inclined to want to help. It can draw them closer to you. This is the best way to build trust and trust is key to any kind of relationship with another human.

Prepare for me to drop some mad knowledge.   The best way to gain someone's trust is to entrust them with something that you are usually responsible for.

Will you guys elaborate a little bit?

[Dannu]

The basic principle is, if you give, the person will feel inherently in debt and try to repay however they can. How we can utilize this in relations is by starting closer friendships by establishing trust. Because of the psychological loophole, trust automatically becomes a two way street. You show that you trust someone, they feel obligated to reciprocate it and you lay foundation for closer relations in the future.

[Foxscotch]

The basic principle is, if you give, the person will feel inherently in debt and try to repay however they can.

"debt" does not sound like the best way to build a healthy relationship
not to mention "obligated"

[Dannu]

I was speaking purely from a sub-concious standpoint. All the conscious more primal side in us operates on is that 'he trusts me, he must be with good intentions' and the concious civilized side thinks not much of it but standardly getting to know people.