are you a collector one?

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Philippines
November 25, 2012 6:31am CST
well i wonder if you are a collector? billions of people using social network and they are hook about this idea making friends in net but does it make senses keep adding friends without talking to them? so i wonder whats your thought about this things do you add people to be your friends by means talking and getting to know them? or are you a collector one who keep adding friends just to show that you digits going up so other think that you are famous one? share your thought about this my lotters whats your opinion?
20 responses
• Australia
25 Nov 12
by searching and adding freind that means you want to be one of their friend list and getting to know each other,having conversation and knowing each others life,,,of course if ur adding someone ur rank goes up,i mean the number of ur freind list increase...well have fun and goodluck with that:)
• Philippines
25 Nov 12
well the true is people just add but not all of them they talk? well i mean for example you have 1 thousand friends do you really talk to them?
• Australia
25 Nov 12
well thats up depends if u have much spare time everyday too...i know u cant talk to them everyday but still u have time to talk to them sometimes if u have much time to set down on the computer and having conversation to a thousand of freind.
• Philippines
25 Nov 12
well fair enough on your friends but i have this experience theirs a girl added me and she have more than thousand of friends shes online everyday so i said hi how are you well i been doing that for many times but never get any massage from her she just keep making her digits up well i just deleted her after few weeks
@Mavic123456 (21898)
• Thailand
25 Nov 12
No I have friends in my facebook who are really friends and relatives I don't have collections of unknown friends. I don't add people whom I didn't know and whom I don't like to know my whereabouts.
• Philippines
26 Nov 12
i agree well we are all the same
@Mavic123456 (21898)
• Thailand
26 Nov 12
Yes, better have few but true. So i send few birthday greetings too. LOL
• Philippines
25 Nov 12
Me too, i avoid accepting invitations from people im not close to. It's not the quantity of friends you have, but it's the quality (true friend or not) right?
@chiwasaki (4694)
• Philippines
26 Nov 12
I don't add anyone I see in Facebook. All of my friends in Facebook are my real life friends. Meaning, I have already met them in person. Probably a family member, classmate or co-worker. I don't accept invites from strangers. But for me not to offend them, I asked them if they know me as they are probably my friend and just change names or used different names.
• Philippines
26 Nov 12
that's the right thing chiwasaki because many people do bad things and its because of net few got murder by meeting their friends who just met.
@rog0322 (2829)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
26 Nov 12
Hi, When it comes to me requesting to be friend with another, I am usually a reserved person. When other wants to be friend with me, no problem, I can accept anyone for that matter. It is not I that initiated the connection anyway, so I am not obliged to talk to them anytime they start to talk too.
• Philippines
26 Nov 12
what is the sense of adding if you wont talk to them?
@512771751 (1096)
• China
28 Nov 12
I think I am not a collector one. I add some friends always because that they can understand my thought or I am interested what they say and think.
• Philippines
28 Nov 12
but do you talk to them or just post photos and whats on your thought then they will just press the like button?
@AkamaruKei (5204)
• Malaysia
28 Nov 12
I just add people i want to friend and talking but most people send me friend request so i just accept it. If they want talking to me that good.
• Philippines
28 Nov 12
what is the sense of accepting them if you wont talk to them what is the point requesting if you wont talk to them? that what i always ask?
@mzz663 (2772)
• United States
26 Nov 12
Once upon a time, there was a website that is long gone, I made many great friends there and it has been almost a decade since we all started. Next year we are all thinking of meeting up and renting a big cabin. I had even been to a wedding of a couple that met on that site, and it has changed my life. It's harder to make good friends for me like that here on mylot. I do try to get to know friends here by discussions here but it just isn't the same. I add people here that I find interesting. Other sites, well, I seem to only be adding people that I know because lately there is a lot of personal information added that only certain people should know.
• Philippines
26 Nov 12
oh that's good nice story of friendship, well now a days its hard to get friends in network people now a days use net to make money?
@mythociate (21437)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
25 Nov 12
What I always thought of Facebook-friends as---I thought of them more as "subscribers" (as--when you 'friend' someone on Facebook ... or on Twitter and YouTube and probably myLot (though you can choose to turn that off here and/or selectively 'unsubscribe' when you add friends)--your posts show up on each other's news-feed). Of course, each 'subscriber' becomes less-&-less likely to read your latest post the more-&-more 'friends' they have, and--as you get more-&-more 'friends'--you become less-&-less 'worthy as a subscriber' and people start to think you're only on there to distribute links. And--if you're not on Facebook via wireless phone (and maybe even then, I dunno)--loading each page--most of which reload (even though I DON'T WANT `EM TO) every few minutes--takes 'forever' (more than a minute, while you're sitting there staring at the screen ); so I for one don't like to spend lotsa time there. But--other than 'get subscribers' there--I also respond to some Close Friends posts I get notifications of by email and -to some FB-groups posts I'm also emailed about (and if there's time I stop by my News Feed for a few minutes, to give my subscriber-seeking friends a chance )
• Philippines
26 Nov 12
first thanks for sharing well i am glad you clear something well i always get notification also and sometimes i hate it the true is i only have few people in my list i guest 60 something like that but all of them are friendly i respond to every discussion they said and all their share well happy to interact with people who are smart and friendly
@doroffee (4222)
• Hungary
25 Nov 12
I'm a bit of a collector. It's nice to have more friends. But I'm not obsessive and I don't think I'm gonna be more popular. I don't add people I don't know.
• Philippines
26 Nov 12
i see its good your enjoying social network just be careful thanks for sharing and have a nice day
• India
25 Nov 12
Hi friend, i am interested in extending my friends circle, but i am not interested in merely adding friends without interactions. I wish to have good interaction and understanding with my online friends, adding friends and increasing our list don't help us, we must interact with our friends and help them in their need to keep our friendship in a good manner for long time
• Philippines
26 Nov 12
very true we should talk to them if we add them i agree with you
• United States
25 Nov 12
I selected my friend on mylot based on the response to the discussion. This is because I really like their discussion or because they spoke of the issue with intelligience. I want friends on mylot so that I can post on their discussions and hopefully they will want to post on mine. The friends (if kept to a manageable number) help to shrink mylot down to a reasonable size for me. The discussion forums are vast, as are the users. By having friends I can downsize and personalize the discussion forums more specifically to my interests. So, no, I'm not a collector.
• Philippines
26 Nov 12
i do that here in my lot i added people who i want to talk and join their discussion but in other social net like facebook i never add people who wont talk to me at all and who i dont know
@gilenie (190)
26 Nov 12
Use of networking sites is good, you may add anyone or someone you wanted, but in my case i just add those people who i know, like my relatives, my old friends, my classmates, it is hard to add people you barely know. It may give you a problem soon that you haven't notice, just keep in mind that some people are spammers in social networking sites.
• Philippines
26 Nov 12
yeah i add my old friends, and my classmates and also my relative its good even they are far i can talk to them, yes very true we need to be aware in net we should be responsible using social net
@myranel (29)
• Philippines
25 Nov 12
It's a good thing you discuss this. In my experience in FACEBOOK, it's not good to accept friend requests from people that you are not close to. It's not enough that you know them. Sometimes they only want rumors and to be updated regarding your personal life but no intention of being your "friend". Before, i accept invitations easily from people i'm not close to. In the first place, they invited me so i thought they really want to be my "friends". But I noticed these people don't even talk to me whenever I'm online on chat, and never even "LIKED" or "COMMENTED" on any of my posts. I call them "SILENT READERS". They only want updates but doesn't even care about you. You know what I did? I deleted them and blocked some of them. Because what are they going to do in my account if they will not interact with me, right? I don't care if i have few friends in my list. It's not my intention to be a "COLLECTOR" and be labeled as "FAMOUS". Even in my Twitter account i deleted some followers who are anonymous specially if the account seems to be fake.
• Philippines
26 Nov 12
that is good well we should be aware that many people in social network are fakes well that's the reality, im glad you do block them just stay away from all the bad people
25 Nov 12
Making friends on social networking sites does not belong to real life . It is only for timepass (if you don't have any work to do ) . It is good to reduce stress on mind and having fun . But reality does not exist on social networking sites
• Philippines
26 Nov 12
yeah i know its true, well social network is a good way to unwind sometimes
@alberello (4752)
• Italy
25 Nov 12
Well, I think you're definitely referring to friendships on social-networking sites like Facebook. In this respect, I tell you that I'm not one of those who randomly add friends to their list, just to quantity. I, with my friends on Facebook, more or less I keep in touch with them. If some stranger asks for my friendship, I must first consider before accepting. According to me makes absolutely no sense logic "collect" friends only for the purpose of making a large number and make others believe that we are well taken by many people.
• Philippines
25 Nov 12
yeah i agree that the way it should be we should just add because we going to talk them and we really want to know them right?
@stk40m (1119)
• Koeln, Germany
28 Nov 12
I think that internet friends cannot necessarily be equated with real friends. Also, the purpose of friends is often a different one, e.g. showing off (look how many friends I've got), receiving some sort of support (views, discussion comments etc) or simply - as you already mentioned it - as some form of collecting. Latter has also happened to me a couple of times but I later gave it up because I would receive tons of emails about started discussions or new videos (Youtube) etc. While we might indeed find real friends on the net it usually isn't that.
• India
25 Nov 12
Normally i add friends to my friends list rarely in mylot or in any other site as i don't know them. But sometimes i feel guilty in doing this. Because i will come to know about them only after after accepting their friend request. but sometimes i feel whats the need of making such friend without sharing opinions etc with them as they are unknown to us.
• Philippines
25 Nov 12
well glad to know that from you but their are people who never talk to their friend after they add them
@meowchie (992)
• Philippines
25 Nov 12
I know thought too, and for me I am very much careful with people I add up on Facebook. As mylot is very limited to our personal details (photos,locations,activities), Facebook is very show-off. Sorry for the term but it's how I see it. It has already become an update for everyone on your list. Whether where you are exactly hanging out at the moment, what you are having for lunch and where you plan to go in the coming days (local or abroad!) It's really ok to let "friends" know about it.. I do the same way, but--- if there's people on my list whom I can't even remember of how we are connected, then I think it's a risk to share details.. :) I have always filtered my Facebook friends., I may have lots of people whom I have not met personally, but I make sure I can remember how I've met them and converse with them weekly. If not interactive at all, i prefer to delete them,, It's quality people over quantity :)
• Philippines
28 Nov 12
yeah that's true adding friends in social network is very easy but we need to be smart also at the same time be friendly
@hlfbldmom (743)
• Philippines
25 Nov 12
Well, I am not. I only add people on my list that I know personally like my old friends, relatives, schoolmates or people from my hometown just to have an update what's going on here and there. Or some that are friends of my friends. I deleted some that I don't know and yet they are not even talking to me since I accepted them. Some they only added me to get help like like this picture like this page but they don't even say thank you afterwards.
• Philippines
25 Nov 12
well that's very true, i mean being in the social network we should be responsible also adding friends is just easy in net, making friends getting to know them that's what it should be
25 Nov 12
i wanna add people to my fiend and getting to share my fellings
• Philippines
25 Nov 12
yeah that's sounds fair but do you talk to them or just post photos or whats on your mind?