In the UK Vodaphone offered free 1GB of 4G in september to me and I assume other subscribers. I wonder if that was to help boost these numbers, or was just marketing.
That's easy to say, especially in hindsight, but when it's someone you've messaged for 3 or more months, gets into trouble and then asks it's difficult to be cool headed. You convince yourself that you DO know them, and it's above board. Of course, like in this case, once it goes on long enough the penny does drop, but by then it's too late.
I wanted to get into chess as an adult, with the aim of becoming a master. However, I found that even some people who had studied chess from an early age, and where chess still dominated their lives, they still didn't raise above IM or even master.
This put me off for a while, as I was the sort of person who needs to be the 'best' I can be and merely being good wasn't enough, especially with all the study that comes with it.