How Many myLot-Friends Should You Have?

I have never ever considered that there should be a 'right' number of friends or that I add them or that they add me exclusively so that we can respond on each others' topics. I have many friends on my list and it would be impossible that they all respond on mine or that I respond on every one that they start. Being on each other's list means though thst we can contact each other if necessary. I would not like to fix a maximum amount of friends and then have to say 'no, my list is full up' to anyone who requested to be on it at a later date

There is a kind of natural limit to the number of people any one person can manage in their social circle. It is to do with the amount of information that a person can hold about others in their circle and it is a limiting factor in many social groupings. The numbers vary depending on the intimacy with which people know each other but a common figure for smallish communities such as villages is between 200 and 300. In larger communities one often finds natural groupings of about this number, too. I would suggest that between 200 and 300 friends is all that one can reasonably manage in a social networking site, too. My friends list is currently well over 500 and really needs culling.

i don't have friend in mylot hopefully you can add me as my friend

To be honest I do not know the exact number of friends I have on my list. I suppose I can go to my profile and check. I am one who does not usually turn anyone away and or delete members. I do get countless email alerts from all my friends, but I ultimately make the decision as to who's discussion I will answer, as my reasoning for answering any and or all would a) Can I contribute quality content and or b) Does it fall under guidelines. I am very fair with my friends and answer a great many of them, but again if a or b are applicable. I clean out my alerts daily so I do not have an issue with being bogged down and or over whelmed. I do have several friends who start countless discussions and then do not bother to respond back to the members. But I have been here for a while and many who are not even on my friends list try to keep the discussion flowing without the originator. How many friends should we limit? This is certainly a personal choice and depending on how much time you allot while being on the site. Although I have so many friends I certainly can say I am very fair with each and everyone of them. Thankfully not all of them are active at the same time, so for now my system is working for me.

Hello Mythociate, i don't know the number of my friends, i just don't count them and i don't think that if someone is in my friend list i have to post responds in all of his/her discussions. Sometimes we cross our interests, sometimes not, there is nothing wrong in that. If i have limited time here, as it will be soon, i'll try to participate as much as i can. One "friendship" doesn't mean that we will be around 7/24 responding every time our friends post something. I try to join discussions, which are interesting for me and when i have something to share, as my own experience, i feel that my time here has quality. Not all are for me, so i won't be everywhere, doesn't matter that some of the people are friends.

I don't like the whole twitter idea, I don't think they should make friends and followers, Because a friend is a friend and you answer each other discussions. I don't like the idea of having to follow your friends, and they should also follow you. That a twitter thing not a myLot thing

I think it's a personal choice how we manage our friend lists. so the answer is, whatever you're comfortable list. PS mine is out of control :D

i don't think that there is a requirement. it is all up to a my lotter how many friends he or she wants to have. the concept of friend here is subjective. so it really depends.

Hello There, Having a lot of friends is like having a lot of sands in you're hand that will go away someday, friends come and go. I may have tons of friends in the list, but it's only very few people that are considered my friends in this site. some of them i have seen already in person, they' quite cheerful. As for the uh..recommendation, that's the thing you should tell the admin because in my opinion I won't agree to that. Followers? this isn't twitter. no follower option is necessary since every has the choice to respond, comment or not. Personally, I limit myself to those who are active in discussions.

I think you should have as many or as few friends at mylot as you want. It is not so much about quantity as it is about quality instead. mylot is a great place for friendships. the number is up to you.

Now, see, I also thought that if someone is your friend that you do them the courtesy of responding to their discussions and vice versa. I did wonder how people with hundreds or thousands of friends ever found time to respond to each of them at any point. I was thinking of starting a discussion about this very thing. How many friends are too many friends? If you have a few hundred or thousand friends do you search out their discussions to respond to them? And do they do the same for you? And if not, what is the true purpose of the friends list? I ask to befriend someone if I thought we had something in common, if maybe we had posted to the same discussion and I liked the way they answered. I would hope that if someone befriends me that they at least took time to look at my profile and maybe saw something that we have in common... enough to want to carry on other discussions with me. I am beginning to see that maybe I am taking the "friend" thing a little to serious, maybe too literally. Up to this point I have tried to search out those on my friends list to respond to their discussions, if I had anything to add to the discussion. I think I will probably end up keeping it that way. It just makes more sense that way.

I have only one friend help me to make some more......