Jon Craig
Would you in real life? Would you here in bloggers.com? (I'd say no to both).
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Do you want to be friends with someone who already has 1000 friends?
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Moonomo ∙ 3 Nov, 11
Hey Jon- you've asked a funny question- :))
In real life usually nobody will ask permission to be friend, they just be friendly and eventually that go deep when both side step ahead-
I would behave friendly to any person, wont count what position the person has and stuff like that- in that sense, whether someone has 1000 friends or not- any big things to consider?
May be I understand your question- in fact I've many friend request in queue here in bloggers- I'm looking for time to check each of them and decide who isn't look fake- and approve or deny-
Deciding factor isn't the number, certain cases may be that's a fact, too. It all depends- that would be the answer to your question. :)
Btw nice to meet you!
Jon Craig ∙ 3 Nov, 11
Thoughtful answer Moonomo. And I agree with everything you say.
I guess, for me, is someone here invites me to be a 'friend' and they have 1000 friends, it seems pretty likely that they're on a kind of quest to have lots of friends, lots of 'followers', and probably they're not too interested in who you are or what your blog is like. It seems to me kind of like an insurance salesman (no offense to any insurance salesmen out there) handing out their cards to everyone they meet. I think it's unlikely that someone with 1000 friends or following 1000 people is doing anything other than a kind of bloggers trick. (Although I don't really understand what they gain from it).
Fogsmoviereviews ∙ 3 Nov, 11
Not on here I wouldn't, Jon.
But on say, twitter or Facebook I would. Those types of sites have a legit shot at driving some traffic your way.
Here... Well, outside of the forum, I still don't get a lot of what goes on here. Friending included. Although I've met a couple people here who are cool.
Mayura ∙ 3 Nov, 11
If I referring to your question, in real life I would be friend with someone who has 1000 friends (I don't think I can count his friends in real life) if he/she is genuine and has such qualities to be a friend of mine. But it takes time to be a real friend. So @ first I don't say he/she is my friend and I ll be friendly. However I don't think I can find a person with 1000 friends out there. Here, @ Bloggers its different for me :) Here I take being friends as to know more people. Actually blogs and what they are about. N I can notify activities of them, so it would give more clear picture about someone's intentions. I don't think personal details or professions really matters here. Mostly they are marketing bios. To promote themselves. Then each time I visit here, I go through friends list and check their blogs. If I found an interesting blog, I review, vote and message them if something broken there. So mostly few of them deserved to be followed (not the person, but blog) and get voted. I make good friends here for me, but I don't say it's my Bloggers friends list. But I think each person has unique something N everyday I can learn something by being with them here.
Social Networks are places to find new faces, but it doesn't mean they are real friends at all :) But it is helpful to gain more exposure and experiences we have never had before. Just need to use the tool wisely, don't let tool to manage you.
Cheers...
AiKoh ∙ 4 Nov, 11
why not? the more the merrier... but i'm sure there are only a few that are within the inner circle of confidence.
Ikonwebdesigns ∙ 10 Nov, 11
hello , friends m new to blogger so i need friends , so make me your friends :)
Jon Craig ∙ 10 Nov, 11
Welcome to bloggers! This is a nice place. In my opinion the best way to make friends (that mean anything) is to find blogs that you like. I.e., visit some of the blogs that seem interesting. Perhaps even leave comments. Follow the ones that you're really interested in. Then when you invite that blogger to be a friend, they'll know that you're not just playing a promotional trick. On the other hand, if you're interested in promotional games, I suppose you can exchange 'friends' and 'follows' with more-or-less anonymous people. I'd let the 'friends' evolve and grow naturally as you would in real life. But there's two 'camps' on this topic. (I hope you choose the more authentic one).
Ibn Hanif ∙ 11 Nov, 11
What about this quote :
"He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, while he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere."
What would you like to say?
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