21M - Looking for genuine friendships!

Hello, I'm from Europe (Belgium). I want to try making more friends online because I love talking to people around the world, learning new things, sharing things I love, and I would like to have genuine friendships.

I have noticed a lot of people are willing to talk about themselves and their problems but do not know how to be active listeners and engage in two-way conversations. This is just from my personal perspective though. I feel like I always end up turning into a therapist or peer support without any reciprocity or interest in asking about me.

Then, of course, all of the people that want relationships and not friendships that ghost as soon as they are not getting what they want. Those are the two biggest reasons why I seem to struggle with meeting people.