Friendship Fail or Facebook Fail?

I don't care what the so-called experts say, some people do create lasting friendships online, yes, even on Facebook. They don't all stick, and we have to anticipate that, but out of every 100 or so people that I meet, about 7 or 8 of them stick around. Not a large percentage, but still. Some I've met personally and some I haven't. I make friends easily, though, so maybe that's a factor. People who aren't particularly social, or who lack intimacy skills, or who have trust issues, can't make real friends anywhere, especially online.

Because I make friends easily and love people, I'm always distressed when someone I've come to care about just up and disappears. Like someone I'll just call "G".

G wrote me a very sweet private message in Facebook, having seen me around both the Stevie Riks page and the Groovy Reflections page. He asked if we could become friends and I said sure. We wrote privately, mostly about music and friendship, and he friended Nettl. He was always upbeat and fun to talk to. He had a band and enjoyed sharing videos. We had similar musical tastes. In fact, we had a whole slew of things in common; every day held another surprise. The last comment I saw from him was earlier in the week when we discussed Shepherd's Pie (he's from Scotland). Today, having not heard from him in a day or two, I decided to go to his page and drop him a private message. He was nowhere to be found. He'd deactivated his account.

I'm so sad! I hope nothing's wrong, and that if he comes here and reads this he'll email me. Although we hadn't been friends for very long, I had a feeling this friendship was the real thing. I'm seriously hoping that this is a screw-up on Facebook's part and that he'll reactivate account. Whatever your reason for leaving, G, know that I'm still your friend and am here if you need me.