| bloggeries | thinks | Friend->Fan is lame. If someone friends befriend or reject. When rejected it should just disappear; doesn't mean they want to be your fan. |
Jun 13, 2008 -
06:57PM
| bloggeries | thinks | Friend->Fan is lame. If someone friends befriend or reject. When rejected it should just disappear; doesn't mean they want to be your fan. |
| bloggeries | says | if someone wanted to follow you they could of just clicked follow. They requested friendship not to be a fan. |
| Pleasant | is | a little confused about fans & friends. ie: I have some fans who don't seem to want to be friends. Confusing. |
| Pleasant | thinks | his ie should probably have been an eg |
| LindaZ | I don't always want to follow someones timeline/convos but they are welcome to follow mine, their choice |
| martinbogo | why are you posting and deleting so quickly? |
| martinbogo | This one topic, three posts or so... |
| Chris Kilian | says | you become a "fan" of others who reject your friendship, I think |
| Chris Kilian | says | you might be able to visit their profile page and click a link that says "do not follow" this person, that would un-fan you from that person |
| jayseae | says | friends can send private plurks, fans cannot. It's like friends and acquaintances. Nothing wrong with different levels of relationships. |
| jennr | if i don't know a person from life or internet, then I tend to fan them unless they are super interesting and low maintenance |
| bloggeries | says | LindaZ exactly so if they request a "Friend" and you say no that' that. If they then notice and want to follow you so be it. |
| Cassiopoeia | Eh - they can delete being my fan if they don't like it - or interact more, be funny & I'll request an add from them myself. |
| DirtyLaundryDiva | says | I agree! |
| Chris Kilian | feels | the friend/fan thing is a little lame |
| jayseae | says | it can also change in the future - I may often be a fan back to someone - but I generally only befriend someone that I know personally. |
| bloggeries | says | martinblogo because I have 140 characters and thought of a better way of expressing it so that's what I did. |
| techgirl♥bacon | i friend everyone and then move to not follow because of the sheer volume or nature of plurks. i'll check out their stream though. |
| papoanaya | says | I just start as a fan, if they want to be friends, they receiver can initiate it. No pressure. |
| LindaZ | yes I agree if a fan starts communicating with me and we create a friendship then I would change it to fan... |
| jennr | if 100s of plurkers weren't posting the same "OMG if you were a fish, what flavor water would you swim in" questions |
| techgirl♥bacon | or the people who have 3498734563 plurks about raising their karma. wish i could filter basted on keywords |
| techgirl♥bacon | basted?! based. |
| jennr | is | tempted to whisper scoble in techgirl's ear |
| jennr | thinks | it is foolish to believe anyone can participate with quality if they are following 1000s of ppl |
| LindaZ | now I am plurkin lots & geting friendin requests frm people I dont knw and who havent been in conv w/me to tell me why they wnt to b friends |
| techgirl♥bacon | la la la la not listening la la la. |
| codyrobert | says | LindaZ I add those people anyway. If you haven't already talked to them they won't talk much anyway but if they do its worth the while |
| jayseae | says | ah, but there's the problem - the privacy setting is for "friends". If everyone is your friend, you're hosed! |
| bloggeries | says | Jennr - I know people who have 5 friends in real life and have troubles keeping up with them. I know others with 000's of acquaintances. |
| jayseae | says | if you choose, yes - but not if you use the privacy setting in your account.  |
| martinbogo | agrees with jennr |
| Lelira | says | friends supposed to be people you know, and fans, people you follow to know better. |
| martinbogo | It's hard to have any real relationships with that many followers, you become more like a comedian, or politician |
| martinbogo | can, and does, regularly talk with almost all his friends though, RL and here. |
| bloggeries | says | lelira every friend I have today is someone I once didn't know. |
| jennr | i have a friend that was once a hamster |
| LindaZ | vrsandersjr cute idea, not necessary... but if they conversed with me, I would get to know a litttle what got them to want to friend me |
| LindaZ | I become a fan of someone I am interested in becoming friends with or want to know what they are up to |
| LindaZ | I can always request they friend me again later if we really start communicating |
| martinbogo | runs around in a steel wheel, drinks from a plastic bottle, looks at JennR and says "Squeek?" |
| bloggeries | says | I purposely become a fan of someone I want to follow not necessarily interact I may have nothing to say to them but I do want to learn from. |
| techgirl♥bacon | regardless, i think its kinda judgy to assume there is a right way or a wrong way to friend or fan someone. |
| bloggeries | says | their knowledge or be aware of the plurks they are putting out if they are cutting edge on the ball. |
| LindaZ | I want to be able to follow and read all the convos that are in my timeline... right now that is already impossible |
| LindaZ | the only way is to choose who I follow and fan... not really judgy... just a time constraint |
| bloggeries | says | techgirl same that's why I don't think it's right to become a fan of someone you wished to befriend. If you wanna friend, friend, fan, fan. |
| justinzero | only makes friend requests to people he knows in real life. but if other people want to friend me, who am i to reject? |
| bloggeries | says | some people I may not want to follow me because I would bore them probably but I love what they right about. Hence I'm a "fan" |
| martinbogo | invokes godwin's law, just to get it out of the way "Trying to control the friends->fan connection is downright Fascist!" There. |
| martinbogo | Now we don't have to worry about the invocation of Godwin's wrath. |
| LindaZ | how do you know that in advance? |
| martinbogo | might also have to invoke Jenn's Law though .. someone needs to take Scoble, LaPorte, or Doctrow's name in vain. |
| techgirl♥bacon | i see nothing wrong with making someone a fan instead of a friend when they requested to be a friend. i thought thats what started this all |
| jennr | people who demand to be friends are called stalkers |
| techgirl♥bacon | thank you. i agree. |
| LindaZ | hey it is the internet... there are no rules, maybe some etiquette, but U get to choose what works best for U, Ur friends will play or not |
| LindaZ |  |
| bloggeries | says | jennr exactly we aren't demanding friendship a rejection is cool. Stalker: Someone who follows after they were rejected friendship. |
| bloggeries | says | another way of looking at it is. If someone rejects your friendship who is to say they even want you following them? |
| techgirl♥bacon | i don't agree with that definition of stalker, fwiw |
| bloggeries | says | I didn't think you would but that's cool. I'll agree to disagree. |
| QuirkyJessi | asks | is it better/preferable to add as friends or as fans when finding someone you want to follow? |
| bloggeries | says | quirkyjessi everyone has an opinion. Do what you feel is right |
| bloggeries | says | read the thread for a taste of what the plurkiverse thinks |
| QuirkyJessi | says | blah, blah, blah. That's not the question. I did skim through responses, but not getting the answer I'm looking for yet. |
| QuirkyJessi | says | I'll just keep watching others to see what I should do. Thanks. |
| jennr | I guess if you don't friend everyone, you'll never know who is "facilitating" the "conversation" with their "insightful" questions or whatev |
| techgirl♥bacon | lol at the social community expertism |
| Attorney | says | If you won't be friends, then I will sue you. |
| WilliamShakespeare | says | Your hopes and friends are infinite |
| margalit | says | I don't really know what to DO with my fans. It feels weird knowing that they follow me, but dont interact. |
| PlurkSensei | says | but it allows them to follow what you're saying, it just won't go both ways. I think it's more convenient. |
| PlurkSensei | says | not only that, you DO have the option to reject the request altogether. |
| Cassiopoeia | My rule is, I read their plurks. If there's nothing I respond to I fan them. If I am interested enough to respond, I friend. |
| Awflasher(阿瓦) | asks | That just depends on what you think plurk is? |
| Cassiopoeia | ? |
| Tales | says | lol |
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