tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post6819360784755551929..comments2024-03-23T12:05:13.464-07:00Comments on Ideas: Friending on FacebookDavid Friedmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06543763515095867595noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post-19601140661028433462017-12-24T21:53:01.295-08:002017-12-24T21:53:01.295-08:00This is why most famous people use a Page instead ...This is why most famous people use a Page instead of a personal account to interact with readers. Make a Page for yourself that people can follow and it won't have a personal context. The act of following won't require a response from or create a social obligation for you.<br /><br />Personal accounts only allow a maximum of 5,000 friends, so even with the best of intentions, there's a hard limit.Michael Duffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831829415507055437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post-61693107670732236082017-11-28T14:47:49.753-08:002017-11-28T14:47:49.753-08:00Your policy seems comprehensible and reasonable to...Your policy seems comprehensible and reasonable to me. I don't want to have thousands of Facebook friends; I don't want to have my news feed cluttered with lots of stuff I don't want to read; so I can well understand that you feel the same way.<br /><br />Although I feel friendly towards you, I haven't sent you a Facebook friend invitation because I wouldn't expect my average Facebook post to excite your interest sufficiently. What I put on Facebook is intended for personal friends and not for a larger audience.<br /><br />Remarkably, I see that I have 42 strangers following my public posts on Facebook, but that's unexpected and strikes me as a bit weird. I make no effort to attract or cater for them.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15661031964537092605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post-80599774337799087962017-11-26T00:14:59.661-08:002017-11-26T00:14:59.661-08:00I use Facebook (and my independent 'blog) as a...I use Facebook (and my independent 'blog) as a means of communicating information in restricted entries that I don't wish to share with a wider public, and I don't have <i>nearly</i> so many people interested in what I have to say as do you. Yet still I find it difficult to arrive at a policy with which I am least uncomfortable. <br /><br />I don't see those who decline my few requests as hostile, but I've been saddened by being decline by some of them, and by being ignored by others. When I decline a request or unbeFriend someone, I am aware that I may be having a similar effect on them. Still, I sometimes do each.Daniel [oeconomist.com]https://www.blogger.com/profile/06763094285750736837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post-16527431963583290742017-11-25T09:31:00.653-08:002017-11-25T09:31:00.653-08:00"So then what's the point of friending th..."So then what's the point of friending them?"<br /><br />There are two kinds of items that appear in your feed from people you follow and are your friends: items they post or share (those also appear in that person's timeline) and items they "like". So, if you unfollow people who, for example, click "Like" on every kitten picture they see, you can still see all their posts or shares if you find them interesting by visiting their timelines, or you can put them in a Friend List that you visit regularly.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18006904787527262772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post-37136913121008132682017-11-25T05:30:45.313-08:002017-11-25T05:30:45.313-08:00*avoid worrying about being perceived as unfriendl...*avoid worrying about being perceived as unfriendly, rather. Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16787892502635821873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post-22266032478869932362017-11-25T05:29:58.168-08:002017-11-25T05:29:58.168-08:00You wrote: "I worry that people will interpre...You wrote: "I worry that people will interpret my declining their request as an unfriendly response."<br /><br />If you unfollow them, you get to both avoid being unfriendly and avoid seeing posts you don't care for, which seems to solve your conundrum here. Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16787892502635821873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post-16376443019659091922017-11-24T22:45:56.817-08:002017-11-24T22:45:56.817-08:00Sam:
So then what's the point of friending th...Sam:<br /><br />So then what's the point of friending them?David Friedmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06543763515095867595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post-2392372338793135382017-11-24T22:45:19.436-08:002017-11-24T22:45:19.436-08:00You know you can unfollow friends so their posts d...You know you can unfollow friends so their posts don't show up in your feed, right?Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16787892502635821873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post-20101914834408337032017-11-24T10:01:58.344-08:002017-11-24T10:01:58.344-08:00Yeah but you get a big number to show off.
I make...Yeah but you get a big number to show off.<br /><br />I make sure I have as many friends as possible so people know I'm popular.Elihttp://cogntiivestrain.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com