MyLot Friend-Choosing Method

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We all have many friends here on Mylot, and we are constantly wanting more! Having a good, dynamic group of friends can make earning easier and finding worthwile posts more attainable, as opposed to constantly searching through what could be potential "dud" posts. Now, how I choose my friends.... I am picky, for starters. I do not add people who I have had not any communication with. And once doesn't count in my book! I want the "two-way street" relationship: communication has to be open both ways between my thoughts and theirs. I have had a few people send me requests that have responded many times to my forums, but I still deny them. Why? Because to me, their responses weren't very thorough, and I don't find their topics as something that I would want to respond to. Next-I look at the rating. I am definitely intersted in checking out high rated users because they have proven that they are dedicated to Mylot, and we all know, gaining a good, high rating is hard work and time-consuming. To me, these users are good users, obviously they haven't broken the rules to have to be deleted. To me, that means I can count on these poeople NOT to cost me money. We don't want to participate with people when in the long run, we will end up losing what we earned because THEY were in violation. Does that mean I won't add someone with a low rating? No, it doesn't. I investigate the lower ranked users though. Why are they low-because they just started last week? Or is it because no one ever rates them because they aren't a very "good" Mylotter. I am very leary to add a user that has a low ranking AND no photo though. That may seem odd, but to me, those users potentially could be more damaging. I understand people may not have pictures to upload, but again, their activity and rating can replace the lack of "persoanlity, a name with the face" theory. I live in America, and am very partial to one of my own because we can easily share a lot of common interests. Again that does NOT mean I have closed out others. I have met some great people from dozens of countries, and I am learning that I can be very educated by my friends in other places! I am a proud Mylotter, and feel very privileged to have a community where so many people can come together and learn about each other. Finally, when looking at their pages, I steer clear of people who advertise garbage websites on their profile page. I am not interested in most all of those websites, and I wonder if those users will be the spammers themselves and up getting deleted anyway. So how about you? What lures to add friends? Do you deny anyone? Share your thoughts, because I am sure this could answer a lot of questions for people, especially new users.