How long do you wait?
By craftwave
@craftwave (1338)
United States
January 19, 2007 7:36am CST
I have a few friends in my friend list that have not logged in for a few weeks. I was wondering how long some of you wait before you delete them from your friend list. I sometimes takes trips that are a few weeks long so I don't want to delete someone if they are just away for awhile but I do want to clean up my friend list.
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12 responses
@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
19 Jan 07
I have people that are no longer active, but once were. If they were actively participating in discussions I leave them in my list.
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@craftwave (1338)
• United States
19 Jan 07
Do you think you'll ever delete some of the inactive ones. And if so how long would you wait?
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
19 Jan 07
I will wait about a month. If they are people that I felt that I have made a connection with, I will send them a private message. If they do not respond within a month, I delete them.
@Thoroughrob (11742)
• United States
24 Feb 07
I go through and delete everyone that has not logged in for a month. That way I can get new ones that are more responsive.
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@craftwave (1338)
• United States
26 Feb 07
That seems to bee the consensus. I figure that if they haven't at least logged in to mylot in that length of time they have probably decided not to continue doing mylot.
@craftwave (1338)
• United States
25 Jan 07
Yes I deleted one just yesterday. It had been a month since they had logged into mylot. that seems to be the consensu for the time to delete inactive members from friend lists.
@craftwave (1338)
• United States
23 Feb 07
So far the friends on my list seem to ask intelligent questions. So I haven't deleted any for repeated stupid questions. I have recently deleted a couple that have not logged in in over a month. I'll have to go back thru and check again its been a few weeks and I know there was at least one that hadn't logged in for almost a month. I feel it helps me stay in better contact with those who active and I don't have to waste time checking inactive people.
@craftwave (1338)
• United States
24 Jan 07
As long I see that you signed in and use mylot I won't erase you from my friend list whether you answer any of my discussions or not. I just have friends a few that have not even signed into mylot for several weeks now and I was wondering what everyone thought about deleting those ones.
@shivampanchal (174)
• India
20 Jan 07
I dont think that you should delete them. If they have not logged, so what .....I mean they(mylot) dont charge you friendlist. But sometimes it becomes frustating and you have to delete them under certain conditions....like posting stupid discussions, Senseless responses and some guys are really annoying.....
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@craftwave (1338)
• United States
20 Jan 07
Well I use my friend list not just to get friends but to quickly see what discussions they have posted recently that I haven't responded to. I think it makes it easier to do this if I delete the ones that are inactive so I can respond qickly to those who are active. After you get so many friends in your list it is a major job just to try to respond to those who are actively participateing so any thing that helps that go faster is a help.
@missyd79 (3438)
• United States
19 Jan 07
i have only deleted to people from my list but it was not because they have not longed on but for personal reason. one i was getting attacked by and was very rude to me and the second one was posting stupid discussions and could not stand it anymore.
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@craftwave (1338)
• United States
19 Jan 07
Yes I have done that for a couple of people as well. Do you have anyone that has not been on for over a month. A couple of my friends have not logged on in over three weeks and when I go to my friend list to check out their discussions I believe it would be easier to delete them that way I'm not wasting time if they have decided not to participate.
@finlander60 (1804)
• United States
24 Jan 07
I have yet to clean up my friend list. My reasons for this are because I never know when one of them might post a discussion that I might be able to help them with. Another reason is that they might be able to help me with a discussion I started. Some day I may find myself thinking about you posting this discussion and being the type that reads EVERYTHING, I'll already have my answer. I realize I didn't give you a real answer to your post, but I do hope I helped you in your decision.
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@craftwave (1338)
• United States
20 Jan 07
I'm finding that a month not logged in is about the average before cleaning out absentee friends.
@myfriendz (1226)
• India
20 Jan 07
i dont delete my pending friend req because i know there is nothing wrong in adding a person as a friend
@craftwave (1338)
• United States
20 Jan 07
I'm not talking about deleting pending friends. I'm asking about the ones that are already on the list and are inactive. They haven't logged in for 3 or more weeks.
@danjenkins (646)
• United States
20 Jan 07
Hmmm .. hadn't thought of that. I am just trying to build a huge friends list, and I accept that most will not be regular posters / contributors. It is just human nature. But, for the time they will be online, I'll be happy that they are on my friends list.
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@craftwave (1338)
• United States
20 Jan 07
If I see that they have logged on and are in my lot I too will keep them on my friend list. It is the ones that haven't even logged into mylot that I'm planning on deleteing.
