What are friends for?

[Skib]

Can anyone please explain what difference it makes once other NR users are divided between our friends and our not friends?
I had notification that people had contacted me. And then failed to understand the notifications.
I put a cross in the first box and then discovered that that person had not asked to be my friend - though she is a friend in real life.

[gordysgirl]

To me TBH it makes it a bit like a popularity contest! you can pick & choose who your favourite people are & make them your 'friends'!
I think you can tick a box on a person & request them as your friend or they will request you as a friend & you tick it to say yes! Something along those lines anyway!:)

[Skib]

Thank you. I understand that from FAQ.
But what are the consequences? Both of friendship and not having it?

[gordysgirl]

I don't think there are any!! Other than knowing how many people want to be your friend on here!

[JOJOBA]

I think it's a bit like the old buddy system possibly. Though that confused me too. It put a '+' by your friend's names when they were online, presumably to remind you that they were your friends?
I think you could do things like 'search my buddys posts' etc, to see what your friends have been posting. Maybe this works the same. Also in a Facebookesque fashion your profile displays your friends. In my case that would mean people would look at my profile, see Pink's Lady is my friend, and then tell me Im in her little club if I ever agree with her on here (hence us not posting on the same threads anymore :p).

Not sure really. Ive just accepted mine ;).


ETA - it must be the buddy system actually thinking about it, as people who were my 'buddies' have automatically become my 'friends'.

Do we not have the 'ignore' button anymore? I used that too.


xxx

[neen]

The "contacts popup" is quite nice -- it shows you which of your friends are online. At least I think they're my friends. They may just be my contacts -- I'm not very clear on the difference. :confused:

[gordysgirl]

Now I'm confuses - contacts pop up?! Not had one of those? Does it just happen?! Maybe none of my 'friends' were online the same time as me?!:confused:

[neen]

It's under "Quick Links" in the blue menu bar -- "Open Contacts Popup"

[Whatanejit]

On the old system I used the 'ad to my buddylist' the people that......

. I got on very well with

. the people who may not fall into the above category but posted interesting threads

. the people who fit into both of the former categories.

This was just my list and nobody knew they were my buddy or why I had them as such.

It would seem that with this new system everyone who was automatically in your old buddy list has been contacted (without my knowledge) informed of the relationship but has asked for clarification.

This new system is very much like the system they use on facebook and other similar popular internet sites.

Hope that helps.

[Little Dolphins]

Durrr, wass this all about? I'm not the sort to go asking for friends, and I'm going to look mean and nasty now!