The comedian and author said he thought the World Wide Web would be a power for good, bridging divides and creating a global community, while helping to eradicate intolerance, ignorance, and hate.
Instead, quite gloomily, Fry said the internet has been somewhat of a Pandora's Box: releasing all manner of evils and injustice. This is true.
But there are moments less saddening, and one of them happened this past week. On Friday December 1, a young man from Harlem, New York, travelled to visit 80-year-old Roz, who lives in a retirement home in Florida. They'd not ever met in real life, but had forged an online relationship thanks to a game called Words With Friends.
Spencer, 22, posted pictures of their meet up to Twitter. He said they started "randomly" playing the online game, which pits two people together in a Scrabble-like contest, and have played 324 games.
Spencer said: "So last summer I randomly met this 80 y/o woman on Words With Friends. We played 300+ games together and she actually ended up becoming a good friend of mine."
Spencer and Roz's meeting was made possible by New York pastor Amy Butler, who managed to help them get together.
She said: "Sweet day today with Spencer and his Words With Friends friend, Roz, watching them bond in person for the first time."
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