Well they are just trying to be supportive. They aren't intending to mock anyone.

I can kind of see what you mean though.

I can say I agree with this.

If you know me whatsoever, I don't bullshit my opinions/thoughts about you or anything relating to you, and because of this, I make sure not to say I care unless I really mean it, which is almost never. 

I believe it is more disrespectful and rude to feign interest and kindness than to not show any at all. 

They're trying to be supportive. It may be infuriating to see people you don't know trying to help you, but there are legitimately good people on the internet out there.

They're trying to be supportive. It may be infuriating to see people you don't know trying to help you, but there are legitimately good people on the internet out there.

A real good person would probably show the fact that they care, rather than say it. 

Although that depends on what you define a "good person" as.

Well i can understand this but i mean what would you rather people just be uncaring i know i'm a very caring person and i always try to be there for people as long as you show me you are a nice person and really need help i'm always there for them. I have many online friends and i always talk to them and make sure i try my hardest to make them happy or help them out.

My question is, what qualities define a "complete stranger"?

Are you referring to someone who does not know you at all, someone messaging you completely out of the blue? If it were me, I would find that wholly heartwarming, because it demonstrates that, in the faceless crowd of people on the Internet, you have stood out from the crowd and were selected by someone who otherwise could not distinguish you from anyone else. To them, there is something unique about you that others do not have.

If you are referring to someone who does, in fact, know you over the Internet, but not through any other medium (namely "real life"--but "real" is among the vaguest of terms in the English language), than you are subtly degrading the value of your personality and your individual mind by reducing "who you are" to surface-level physical qualities--your body, your voice, and anything that a relationship between online friends lacks. Saying that such a friend "has no idea who you are" is reducing "who you are" only to your body and physical qualities, which I am seriously appalled by. Given that these are mostly trite qualities (those who value the physical or vocal attractiveness of someone over his or her personality and mind are generally agreed upon as shallow), you are implying not only that you are a "shallow" person, but that everyone is, and should be. I am not accusing you of being "shallow"--which would be hypocritical, as it would be shallow to judge you as a person only by this single post--but I am pointing out the implication you have made.

Also, I would suggest stepping into the other person's shoes. They are a real person, and they obviously recognize that you are a real person. They want to express support, love, and sincere friendship in the only way they can. They want to establish a deeper bond of friendship, and rejecting that is not only cynical but cruel for a couple of reasons:

Reason the First: By acting completely sincere, they are making themselves vulnerable. Given that the Internet is often seen as a cruel place, the fact that they are being completely open should be treasured. If you reply with a cruel, snarky and/or cynical response--as you have implied by your expression of annoyance--you will hurt the sincere person, be it just a small pang of disappointment or a legitimate emotional pain, who may become bitter and then cynical, destroying whatever semblance of friendliness was in place. I for one think that the Internet--and the world, by extension--would be a much better place if everyone was friendly to each other, and through the process of expressing annoyance as a response to sincere support, you would reverse the methods of reaching that goal.

Reason the Second: I have always treasured and loved the family atmosphere of such forums as these, where any given user knows that they are 'safe' because everyone is a friend. By decrying expressions of empathy and friendliness, you are contributing to the destruction of this atmosphere through anger and pessimism. If more people continue the trend and express shallow anger to one another, the entire system could fall and become just another 'unsafe' place on the Internet. Effectively, you have contributed to ruining the experience for everyone.

If you are wondering why I have made this post so long and so deep, it is because 1) I want to contrast the depth and optimism of this post with the shallow pessimism of what I'm responding to, 2) This is a concept i have been dying to talk about for a long time, and 3) I often become fired up whenever any of my core ideals (in this case, the value and sincerity of pure friendship) is questioned or insulted.

I apologize if anything I have said was too blunt or too insulting; I intended this not as a personal insult but as a way to decry the negative effects of pessimism, cynicism, and shallowness of thoughts and actions in general, as these mindsets are the most powerful and dangerous enemies to the moral goals of the collective human race.

Well, I mean it when I say I want to help someone.