What makes you wanting to add someone as a friend?

All of the Above! The first thing I look for is , can I respond to their posts. If I can , then I add them. I keep them if he/she can answer my posts on at least one of my interests. I have my hockey friends for example.The only two reasons I ever delete a friend is one, on a major issue we can't agree to disagree or they disappear. They haven't been here in over 2 months , then I delete them. There are exceptions, but mostly they are gone.

Well Im pretty open minded and so I usually add a person if they seem interesting,have a sense of humor, or seem like they can really give fun and kooky responses or discussions. But sometimes Im random and add people on instinct.

I send a friend request if I see someone who starts a lot of disussions about topics that I am interested in or if I get the impression that we have many things in common for instanse some of the same hobbies. If I notice someone who often responds to my discussions I also send a friend request sometimes. When I want to send a friend request to someone I don't think much about age or country. I have friends who are younger and friends who are older than me and I have friends from many different parts of the world

I generally find a discussion and start reading the responses. If I find someone that I find interesting or sharing some of my interests (this is how I found your discussion!) Kindness and genuine go a long way too. I try to be careful of other peoples opinions when answering to replies. So I really do try to pick good kind interesting people that give good answers and would expect the same from me. Now with that said, I have read several of your responses and I am gonna go see if I can be your friend! :o)

hello,starsailover,thanks for your question.i'm a new comer here and i know this web inadvertently.when i browse the page i find there are so many people talking about things that they are interested and sometimes i really want to paticipate in ,so that's involves your topic. i will prefer to choose those who keep things serious ,who are very sincere and polite and have the similar things that i'm concern about.and i want to know how people of a different state ,different occupatons ,differet ages,differet regions think the same things, and i'm curious about the outside world.their topics or answers may give me another angel of appoach.

I agree with you on ALL of the items that you've stated in your discussion. The only thing that I add up is I automatically approve or request a person to be my friend if he is a Filipino. It is not stereotyping, I just feel inclined to befriend someone if that person have the same ethnicity as I am.

I don't often ask others to be my friend, but when I do, it's because we have the same interests and mostly, the same viewpoints, but not always. Sometimes it's good to listen to someone else's viewpoints, religion and politics excepted only for the reason that too many become militant about opposing views and that's no fun.

I usually add other mylotters if I think he/she will give me responses with good quality meaning he/she will read what I type first before responding, you can tell by reading the responders' responses. I like to add some mylotters who often create discussions. I like to add mylotters who has the same interest or topics that we both like to participate in. I added you as friend and you look cute haha

You are absolutely spot on. These are the same reasons and a little more that I work on. Good thoughts and so keep it up.

Hi starsailover and I see you changed your avatar! I don't normally request not because of any preference but I get so many requests that most times the ones I feel would make great myLot friends have already requested. I don't normally have specific preference like religions, and or countries. Personally any member who enjoys interacting and furthering discussions, I would find makes a great myLot friend. When it comes to adding I do check to make sure it is not someone who simply wants to spam with links. I generally can tell that by their comments and responses. As rule though I normally accept all simply to get them started because I too came to myLot alone and did not bring friends. Thus far accepting all I have not had any problems and although I interact heavily on myLot none of them place conditions where I have to answer all discussions. Because I f I have not knowledge I will not respond with rubbish to simply earn. I have seen a lot of that and that is not something I do.

That is an interesting post. Here are some of things that want to make me add someone as a friend; (1) a person who respond to my post several times, I know s/he is a genuine person. (2) see the region the person comes from becasue we may basically share similar interests. (3) someone who share same interest as mine because that would generate further discussions and insights. (4) opposite gender as mine, simply to opposite issues and pulses is a good ground to keep the friendship going for long time.

I basically add all who ask. I believe that even though you cannot send private messages to all of them all the time, They are here for you to communicate with and participate in discussions. If you post a discussion, all your friends will most likely respond. I know I try my best to respond. I like having online friends.

As you can see I am a newbie here, but a I think that the most important thing for a person to become a friend, besides the fact that we have to have at least a common interest, is to be active daily so maybe I will get to see how he or she is thinking. After that the relationship between online friends is over rated. At least this is how it is seen in my country.

hi starsailover! Me, I much prefer to add a friend when he/she is good in answering a discussion. More friends more money! lOL! :)

I'm still new here and don't have many friends yet...so I guess I need a push to add more people as friends. I do like to add people who have put interesting responses or post good discussions. Sometimes it's more interesting to have friends you disagree with, you can definitely learn more this way and it is always nice to get a different perspective. Also if someone is funny I always want to add them, I can always use a laugh!