Typically a 'friend' within a website or online setting exclusively; which ironically don't allow for the depth of interaction, rapport and social connection that friends of a conventional nature share.
1: I really need to clean up my facebookfriends list, my news feed is painful to scroll through: It's full of so many strangers' bullshit.
2: 'Yeah, gotta' love those almost-quaintances'!
A person you have befriended via electroniccommunications, most commonly email but can include MMORPGs, MPOGs, Web Blogs, mail lists or Instant Message systems.