So you mean online friends or offline? There are some success stories of offline meets, but honestly it's unlikely to find someone nearby here, also they would require communicating your location which many people are uncomfortable with (loving in a large city might help). Online friends might be made via PM if you're socially apt enough, I guess. There's also a matrix server if group chats work better for you. Your PMs are encrypted there; I'm not sure if Lemmy offers your PMs any protection from instance admins.