Friends request thread

[purpledove]

Out of pure boredom...and well, lack of interest except by several...



My Top Ten reasons to prove I'd be the bestest friend ever.

1. I can completely ignore what you think is important
2. I can turn whatever woe you have into being about myself
3. I can forget to keep promises
4. I'll drink your last beer in the fridge.
5. I'll borrow lots of money and not repay it.
6. I'll tell you I'm like...REALLY busy when you call while in dire need.
7. I won't help you move or dispose of any dead bodies
8. Things I hear that you really should know about? Nope. Ain't sayin nothin
9. I won't bail ya out on the week end so you'll be able to keep your job
10.I'll borrow your car and bring it back on empty..a day late...with dents..and leave it in the dead of night so I'm not there when ya see 'em.


Yep. I'm that kinda friend that no matter what, I'll let ya down, take advantage, not have your back and won't ever be
there for ya when ya really need me.
What more could ya ask for?

this message is, of course, pure sarcasm brought to you from the mind of a severely bored man and is in no way indicative of real life expectations.

:24: W0W! You're a unique breed. I like that :nod:

 

[Extrovert]

:24: W0W! You're a unique breed. I like that :nod:

That's a nice way of puttin it..

 

[Joey]

Boredom killer really.

Time and my winning personality will have my friends list over flowing.

I wont lie, the more you babble on the more I'm kinda warming to you keep it up.

 

[Extrovert]

The point of the thread really was just to question the point of the friendship list...what it really even means?

I can accept everyone on here and have loads of avatars in my friends list...or just not accept any at all and have none.
Does it really matter in the end who's in there?


Surely those you care for, on whatever level, know how they're seen and don't need to populate a box on your profile.

Having been on loads of sites and having usually had my friends list loaded, I just wondered, out of boredom really, what it was meant to represent.

Sorta like people on fb with thousands of them..

Is it really about friends...or a popularity contest...or is there some valid reason someone thinks there is for it?

Whatever the reasons some may have, and I did hope a few would step to the plate and clarify what they thought the reasons to be....the point of this thread was NOT to try and garner friends.

Those in life that I like, know it...and there usually aren't very many because I'm a cynic by nature.

 

[jassilem]

I did say in my first post on here what mine is all about.

 

[Extrovert]

So it's more about a cliquey thing....just certain people to read certain things?


Couldn't that be handled in PM's?


playing devils advocate here


and on that note, do ya wish the settings were more like fb so you could further subdivide THOSE friends so you could keep just a few of THEM to where they could see ..extra special stuff?

 

[HK]

I don't think you can set all your actual posts to friends only. But you can set your pics to friends only, so even if you post on a public thread only the people on your list will see it. Some people prefer that.


My friends list means 'I'm not ashamed for anyone to see I have an association with you'.

 

[jassilem]

So it's more about a cliquey thing....just certain people to read certain things?


Couldn't that be handled in PM's?


playing devils advocate here


and on that note, do ya wish the settings were more like fb so you could further subdivide THOSE friends so you could keep just a few of THEM to where they could see ..extra special stuff?

For me it's pic privacy. But usually if anyone wants to be on my friends list I will accept them.

 

[Extrovert]

I don't think you can set all your actual posts to friends only. But you can set your pics to friends only, so even if you post on a public thread only the people on your list will see it. Some people prefer that.


My friends list means 'I'm not ashamed for anyone to see I have an association with you'.

Assuming you're talking about visitor message posts, under settings, go to "profile privacy" and you set it to where only your friends can see anything on your wall.
Posts, friends list, about you, visitors...etc etc etc.

For me it's pic privacy. But usually if anyone wants to be on my friends list I will accept them.

Not to be too facetious...but..there's not much privacy if just anyone can be your friend.

I guess friends list boils down more to control over who can see what rather than meaning they are truly a friend.

Maybe it coulda been called...the people I trust with what I'm sharing here list?

 

[jassilem]

Not to be too facetious...but..there's not much privacy if just anyone can be your friend.

I guess friends list boils down more to control over who can see what rather than meaning they are truly a friend.

Maybe it coulda been called...the people I trust with what I'm sharing here list?

Trust me I just don't add willy nilly.. I have to know who you are etc.. but if know ya and you want to be on it.. sure...

 

[Joey]

You strike me as the sort of guy who takes the opposite side of an argument just for some banter?

 

[Extrovert]

was it the part where I said I was playin devils advocate that tipped ya off?

:24:

 

[Joey]

was it the part where I said I was playin devils advocate that tipped ya off?

:24:

Was more the fact that this thread has managed 3 pages. In all honesty I didn't read the post where you said that

 

[skyblue]

I don't think you can set all your actual posts to friends only. But you can set your pics to friends only, so even if you post on a public thread only the people on your list will see it. Some people prefer that.


My friends list means 'I'm not ashamed for anyone to see I have an association with you'.

exactly.....only trusted friends can see your children etc

 

[Extrovert]

exactly.....only trusted friends can see your children etc

Good point.

or whatever else you decide that should just be seen by those whom you trust

You never know for example when you might just have say...an embarassing nude that someone would use against ya or ...a boss happen to see things

 

[Extrovert]

Was more the fact that this thread has managed 3 pages. In all honesty I didn't read the post where you said that

Shame, idnit?

 

[Joey]

Shame, idnit?

Very much so, sir.

 

[Keight]

Most of the friends i have, have left or been banned.... says something for the people i like to surround myself with huh? :24:

 

[AstriaPorta]

I am bad keeping with the friend list lol ... i hardly ever go and post a msg there, and my pics are for all, if i think i dont want everyone to see my photos i just won't add them here on the album

 

[BleedingBull]

So it's more about a cliquey thing....just certain people to read certain things?

I add people that I gel with on the forum, I dont want an entire site reading convos on my wall no matter how trivial or whatever, Its just privacy. And if I was going to put pics up I would want that same privacy, though some pics may need pm