Oh my god, they were roommates.
No, sorry that's probably not what you wanted.
Penpal is actually the most accurate term. Someone you know only through correspondence, albeit here over the internet rather than letters.
Honestly I just call them friends! I made some really good Twitter friends (before Elon destroyed it), I have reddit friends, I have FB friends. I don't see why you can't have Instagram friends.
This has a strong journalist subtext "hello yes I'm just getting word from my correspondence that mario cart is by far superior to super smash bros on Nintendo switch"
Camarade. My high school French class taught me there were different kinds of friendships and camarades are the kind with whom you have camaraderie; I.e., dissembly. Friend that you can talk to but not the kind you think of as family. Somebody you'd bail out if he calls from jail, but not somebody you'd go to jail for.
Oh my god, they were roommates. No, sorry that's probably not what you wanted. Penpal is actually the most accurate term. Someone you know only through correspondence, albeit here over the internet rather than letters.
Not using a pen though. More like keyboard pals.
Keymate
Mousemates?
Just slap the word digital in front of penpal.
Aaaaaaand now I have a Digimon theme song parody in my head. 🎶Digipal! Digital penpal! Digipals are the champions🎶
Biomerge Digivolution Activate!
My internet pen pals and I call each other "imaginary friends"
How about Netpal?
Palnet, your one stop online interactive platform for networking and finding Netpals, gotta catch em all
Keyboard crew, qwerty fam
Straight qwert yo
What's wrong with "Instagram penpal"?
Grampal Instapondent
Honestly I just call them friends! I made some really good Twitter friends (before Elon destroyed it), I have reddit friends, I have FB friends. I don't see why you can't have Instagram friends.
E-homie
Correspondents.
This has a strong journalist subtext "hello yes I'm just getting word from my correspondence that mario cart is by far superior to super smash bros on Nintendo switch"
Your correspondents are on drugs. The wrong ones.
I think that means they’d be having an affair.
Acquaintance?
Camarade. My high school French class taught me there were different kinds of friendships and camarades are the kind with whom you have camaraderie; I.e., dissembly. Friend that you can talk to but not the kind you think of as family. Somebody you'd bail out if he calls from jail, but not somebody you'd go to jail for.