Are best responses reserved for your best friends?

When I give best response I go through and reread all that have been posted. I decide which one is best, whether they agreed with my view point or not. I do not really notice if they are on my friends list. I just go by what the responder stated. If they made a good response, if it was well thought out, if it had details. Those are important to me not who the poster was.

I mark the best response after the discussion has been open for a while and I don't think that there will be more responses. I read each response and the best response goes to the answer that answers the question or addresses the topic in the most clear, well thought-out way. The best response may or may not agree with my point of view; that doesn't matter. I don't necessarily rate my friends with the best response, either. I think that in making that type of "arrangement" it would be cheating MyLot and the other users who are trying to post good answers. I don't care who the user is, what country they are from, or how many stars they have when I choose. If it's the best response, then I rate it so.