Facebook: Do you add people or just wait for them to add you?

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  1. Colonel Ronan

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    Add me, douchebag.
     
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    This made me sad.
     
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    See, I can't relate to this, because every picture on my page is related my family--vacations, weekend activities, birthday parties, etc. Because of this, I have no problem adding coworkers, old classmates, or other people I haven't seen for years. It's a vehicle by which they and I can "catch up" on what's been going on in each others' lives without having the initial awkward "long time no see" conversation. And for the people I do interact with regularly, I personally think it's cool when they mention something they saw on my page, and then I can talk about it. But then again, I'm insecure and self-centered like that.
     
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    I bet you I can find a picture of you with a blunt in yo mouf, [insert racist slur]!

    Nah, I like it when people bring up Facebook shit in real life. It's basically another part of my life now!
     
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    Ha, that was cool.
     
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    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    I don't use Facebook much, so I mostly just accept the friend requests when people add me. Once in a while, I'll look at Facebook and see if anyone has posted anything interesting or anything to me, specifically. I mostly just try to keep the personal information (about favourite music, etc) current.
     
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    The only time I friend request somebody is if I notice that they have de-friended me.
     
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    I can be your BFF.
     
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    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    No thanks. Like I said I have no friends ... and I'd like to keep it that way :wink:
     
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    I don't post much on Facebook much now because the mix of real friends, family, people I know at work... people I once knew etc... got weird. I know I could group em, but it doesn't seem to be worth the effort. A few people I lost contact with did find me on Facebook and that was cool.
     
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    It is worth the hour or so it takes. It really isn't that hard. I have a group called "these people don't get my info" just so I know who they are ;]
     
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    That would be awesome to post on Facebook... if my mom wasn't on Facebook...
     
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    I have two Facebook accounts.

    One that is for work and is entirely public. I don't have many friends there... a couple dozen or so, I think, but I am friends with my coworkers and bosses and clients/potential clients.

    My personal one is relatively locked down. I try to keep it hidden from searches, etc., which means if someone searches for me they SHOULD get my work account. Which is fine; going from work to personal is easy.

    I have gone through stretches where I'd add people to Facebook. Girls, primarily, that I'd meet out and about or through other girls. Lately, I've done less of that. For a variety of reasons.

    In fact, I've gone through an austerity period, trimming my Facebook friends list repeatedly, nearly halving it from ~300 to ~170. I tend to keep:

    1. Family (my siblings, cousins, parents, grandmothers, etc.)
    2. Friends in real life
    3. People I interact with regularly on Facebook or elsewhere
    4. Attractive women that are communicative and/or active on Facebook (chatting and/or posting pics)

    Also I have a few Blazers fans sprinkled in for good measure...

    Finally: when someone friend requests me that I'm not interested in, I just let it sit there. I don't ignore it because then they might re-request me... or they'll notice that I actively denied them. Better to let it linger and hope they forget about me (or at least that I will have the "I never check for friend requests!" excuses if I need to use it in real life.)

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    I feel so honored.. you added me HCP! or should i say John!

    I never really add people. People find out how much of a dick I am that way (right John?)
     
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    When you do this, you show up in their feed and they can see when you add other people. I have had a few people do it to me over the years, and I saw them adding other people in my feed, while I was still pending. At that point, I would just un-request them.
     
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