Does anyone not know about the "spark" function in QQ?

The little flame symbol burning

delightedly beside the name of your contact, rewarding your continuous chats online? I bet all of
you have had at least one spark with your friends. Some of you might be as haunted by it as I was
—I used to send messages with my friends every day only to find we didn't really
have anything to share. I used to jump up with a start after midnight when I realized we had
murdered the spark, again. Now that my perspective has changed, I would like to convince you
that we don't need daily chats to maintain our friendships.

I had a good friend in junior high school. After we graduated, we seldom chatted for almost three
years. After we each got our university admission, we arranged to hang out together. I was anxious
about whether we would be embarrassed after such a long time without chatting. But to my
pleasant surprise, we hit it off right away as if we'd never been apart. That was the moment when I
realized even without the spark, the daily chats, true friendships will never change.

The existence of a true friendship does not depend on the maintenance of a spark, nor will it fade
away overnight as the spark does. In fact, when you begin to intentionally keep your daily chats, it
will become such a burden that traps you in a compulsory mission, instead of a relationship that’s
supposed to make you feel safe and relaxed. Not to mention we're all too busy to be dealing with
reality and updating our lives to our friends online all the time.

So there's nothing to be disappointed about if you don't have someone to chat with every day. Try
to have spontaneous chatters instead, which will leave both you and your friends comfortable
space and privacy. True friends will always have that special bond, and will always be there for
each other in times of need. I mean, that's the beautiful essence of friendships, isn't it?

Now I pride myself as a person who has many true friends, from kindergarten to university ones.
We don't chat very often, but I just have the faith that when we do, we can always share that
intimacy. And that ideal condition is what I sincerely hope for all of you.