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Re: Do Facebook Users Have a MySpace Mentality?

Bertil — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 07:58:12 -0000

I've never had “total strangers”, but some request with little point (“OMG!!! You lov Paris 2!... We MUST b frnds!!!”)
I tend to accepted them (you never know what a stranger can bring you), and erase them a few days after that.

Re: Do Facebook Users Have a MySpace Mentality?

Zvi Band — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:06:53 -0000

I wrote about this yesterday as well. Social networks rely on having some kind of connection between users. For general purpose social networks, such as FB/MySpace/Twitter, the utility of them is zero without it. If you add random people, that's all your social network is... just a bunch of meaningless connections.

Re: Do Facebook Users Have a MySpace Mentality?

Chris Jackson — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:56:44 -0000

I have added strangers - but they are strangers that have qualities that i admire or want to learn for personal benefit. So - yes, they are strangers but they will soon be mentors.

Re: Do Facebook Users Have a MySpace Mentality?

fit method — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:21:50 -0000

I have a lot more friends than you :p

Re: Do Facebook Users Have a MySpace Mentality?

jezarnold — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:55:16 -0000

damn right.. I refuse ALL random strangers.

Thats why i binned MySpacker and its game of who can get the most friends. (i think I had 72 quite fit ladies who I never met!!!!!)

I read an article today in UK's IT WEEK (13.08.07 - Vol10 No32), called "Businesses have to face up to my Facebook"

"Sophos, the online security giant, has added a new question for IT Mnagers in its latest Security Threat report. It reads 'Why haven't you blocked MySpace in your company?'. The Security vendor obviously regards IT managers that allow users to MySpace as highly irresponsible."

This is just Sophos now saying that FB users are just as willing to collect as many friends as possible..

reminds me of those Head and Shoulders ads on TV.. 74% of those polled said no visible dandruff (then in tiny writing at the bottom.. distance 4m 132 people polled) :)

Re: Do Facebook Users Have a MySpace Mentality?

Chris O'Donnell — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:49:48 -0000

I don't need to have met somebody in real life, but I do need to at least have a passing familiarity with them via their blog, or maybe a message we both frequent, etc. A total stranger though..no way.

I had an interesting quandry this week. I was friended by a casual business associate, not somebody I'd particularly want tracking what movies I watched last week. I was concerned not accepting would offend her. It worked out though, when I logged it the request was gone. She must have realized she accidentally sent a bunch of requests upon importing an address book, and edited after the fact appropriately.

I'm seeing a similar thing on Twitter. I'm followed by people who have nothing in common with me, and quite frankly I can't fathom why they bother. I don't really care though as I'm very close to quitting Twitter. I get nothing from it.

Re: Do Facebook Users Have a MySpace Mentality?

Robyn — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:17:25 -0000

Hell no! Strangers can get lost!

p.s I also doubt that 200 people is an accurate test case of 30 million!