Making Friends

I never wanted lots of friends, especially when they are just a name without a face nor words for me. In every network I joined I have an ulterior motive in choosing friends; in a language site I choose friends for partners in practicing a new language, on Skype I choose friends that will be good in sharing news and knowledge and fun, too. In myLot, I guess the more friends I have the more popular I would be (the merrier?) - but I wait to be asked to be friends.

People on Facebook, MySpace, and other networking sites are usually friendly although you also have to protect yourself from other hackers or abusive users. These users exist on networking sites. You also have to be careful of such users. Just add friends you know just to be safe.

Hi, most time i choose to wait to be asked. That is because firstly,I am a introvert person, secondly, i think too many friends equals no friends. And i only make friend request when i have known a person for a long time and make sure he or she is the same kind of person as me.

Hello there, I add up any person i know, and don't add any one who sends me a friends request when he/she doesn't know me, i mean someone who has never met me in person. There are a lot of people who just like to send invitations to people who look good in their profile picture. I am not handsome, still i wonder why some of them like to add me.

Well, I'm not the way it is! Though I am a member of the social networking sites, usually my friends list remain the same in all of the sites. I'm not that open to new people because its not so healthy I believe. When there are possibilities of all kinds of lies to be told, then I think i need to be cautious about myself than blaming someone else after things go wrong. By saying that, i don't mean everyone are wrong, but its better to be cautious. Other than that, i don't even bother to check out for others. The only place I have friends other than my usual list is Mylot. Here I feel a little safe and open because as everyone knows its a different kind of site where opinions are shared no matter whether you know the person or not. Its just the same even if you are friends with them or not, provided you remain the way you are! Anyways,I have friends having more than 1000 people in their profile as friends. So, its just about how you feel! Opinions differ and this is mine! Thanks for sharing! Happy Mylotting!

I think I am a kind of person just like you. My friends of all social networks are mostly "came to me", and I had never turn any "friend request" down. However, most of the "coming" friend are just add me and never talk to me...and those friends who daily communicate with me are all my friends in the real world. I think there must be a lot of people just want to add some friends to their list but not really mean to get a new friend...

I used to add friends that I personally know only, but there are sometimes also that I will meet strangers online with same interest with me and put my trust on them. I am very cautious in adding friends online since there are some cases in our place that someone, "at thief" created a profile of a very beautiful girl and add his neighborhood, it is a way of putting an eye on them, One of his friend in neighborhood post a this message in the wall ' off for a one week vacation to boracay' the time they return, they lost their valuables in their home.... be careful in adding friends in social network especially if you are in the same place and you don't have any idea of his identity, he could be the so called social engineer, spying you and your every move.

God day CynergyDiva, I too have a facebook account but I only asks/requests friendship to those whom I know personally or a friend of my friends.In that way at least I know them or my friends know them.Some social networking site like facebook let their members send requests to almost all its members and it's up to the member concern to accept it or not.others accept all friends requests only to impress other member or to show that they are popular because she/he have many friends.happy mylotting

Well i am the type that goes around adding as many people as i can to my list over here. I want to be the guy with large number of friends but in some special sites like facebook i stick to a limited number of friends only. I know that having too many friends sometimes is dangerous so i screen out some and add those people whom i really know or about whom i care online. So i make sure that which friends are online i would just know them well! Cheers!

I dont believe in taking the initiative as long as i dont know the other person really well. And yes the fear of rejection definitely stops people from making newer requests but if you are outgoing type, you shouldnt change your nature under that fear. You may get rejected on certain occasion but those who add you will definitely understand your nature later. Thank you.