Quoting from a recent post. I've seen a lot of posts on this subreddit about unsuccessful posts, downvotes, and a lot of frustration seeing other successful posts. I am not a miracle worker, and I don't imagine this post solving everyone's lonely lives, but it might help you find people to care for who care back. There is a lot of cringeworthy, depressing, and borderline creepy stuff that some of y'all post here. Yes, being a girl might make it easier to get replies from lonely, thirsty internet dudes, but I wouldn't want an inbox full of the usual stuff that gets posted on /r/Needafriend.
So, anyway. Here're some top tips for helping anyone find the people they want to be around.
Be Inclusive: When you set aside a specific group of people as your target audience, you do more than cut out the unwanted group, you raise the eyebrows of everyone else. For example, if I see a post where a guy is only looking for female friends, I can't help think this guy's just trawling for vulnerable women. The only time the exclusivity thing makes sense is age groups; 14-year-olds and 25-year-olds don't have much in common. Also, discounting people for specific opinions or beliefs they hold isn't going to find you friends, it's just bigotry.
Be Interesting: We get it. You're lonely. You may not have many friends, you may want to make more friends. You watch movies. You listen to music. You go to school. You have a job and its great/awful. You are not describing yourself here, you're describing pretty much the entire world. Tell us about the things that drive you. Tell us about the thing you really love and really hate. You're trying to encourage people to talk with you, and no part of having a Netflix account makes you interesting.
Be Approachable: You're depressed. You have social anxiety. You take pills that make you a zombie. Your boyfriend/girlfriend/dog/cat left you and its so lonely. There are great channels to discuss these kinds of problems, but random people on the internet isn't really one of them. If you need help, please seek help. Hell, even the sidebar is full of great resources like /r/depression and 7 cups of Tea. Therapy works wonders for a lot of people, too. General rule of thumb, if it's information you wouldn't share with a barista at Starbucks while they made you a drink, it's not information you should put in your public post. As tough as it may be to hear, people here are looking to make friendships not adopt puppies; don't dump your entire life's problems on an acquaintance.
Be Specific: This one is kind of an aside to being interesting. Everyone likes music, movies, TV shows, books, comic books, drinks, food, etc. Talk about the things you love and be specific. If you're absolutely crazy about a single issue of a Spiderman comic from 1992, that's what you should tell us. There are not many dull people in the world, just folks who are bad at being specific.
Lastly, learn the art of conversation. The internet's a great place to practice it. Get used to saying hello, making small talk, listening, and asking interesting questions. Once you learn to engage with people in conversation, making friends becomes a lot easier.
Good luck guys and gals, go make some friends. If this post makes you angry, come yell at me in PMs, I love a good internet argument.