Isn’t that the point of the whole communities structure though? That you have some common topic to talk about, rather than just exchanging small-talk?
For me, the people I’d talk to on Reddit were mostly internet strangers anyway, so my mindset is that this place is no different :) Different website, but still just fellow human beings at the end of the day.
We’ve had three pets so far, and they’ve all had real but uncommon human names.