bloggeries thinks Jun 13, 2008 06:57PM 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 Jun 13, 2008 06:58PM if someone wanted to follow you they could of just clicked follow. They requested friendship not to be a fan.
Pleasant is Jun 13, 2008 06:59PM a little confused about fans & friends. ie: I have some fans who don't seem to want to be friends. Confusing.
LindaZ Jun 13, 2008 07:01PM I don't always want to follow someones timeline/convos but they are welcome to follow mine, their choice
Chris Kilian says Jun 13, 2008 07:02PM you become a "fan" of others who reject your friendship, I think
Chris Kilian says Jun 13, 2008 07:03PM 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 Jun 13, 2008 07:03PM friends can send private plurks, fans cannot. It's like friends and acquaintances. Nothing wrong with different levels of relationships.
jennr Jun 13, 2008 07:03PM 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 Jun 13, 2008 07:03PM 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 Jun 13, 2008 07:03PM 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.
jayseae says Jun 13, 2008 07:03PM 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 Jun 13, 2008 07:04PM martinblogo because I have 140 characters and thought of a better way of expressing it so that's what I did.
techgirl♥bacon Jun 13, 2008 07:04PM 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 Jun 13, 2008 07:06PM I just start as a fan, if they want to be friends, they receiver can initiate it. No pressure.
LindaZ Jun 13, 2008 07:07PM yes I agree if a fan starts communicating with me and we create a friendship then I would change it to fan...
jennr Jun 13, 2008 07:07PM 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 Jun 13, 2008 07:08PM or the people who have 3498734563 plurks about raising their karma. wish i could filter basted on keywords
jayseae says Jun 13, 2008 07:09PM I agree with papoanaya on this one, but it goes both ways. Assuming someone wants to be your friend is as bad as denying their friendship.
jennr thinks Jun 13, 2008 07:11PM it is foolish to believe anyone can participate with quality if they are following 1000s of ppl
LindaZ Jun 13, 2008 07:12PM 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
codyrobert says Jun 13, 2008 07:14PM 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 Jun 13, 2008 07:15PM ah, but there's the problem - the privacy setting is for "friends". If everyone is your friend, you're hosed!
bloggeries says Jun 13, 2008 07:15PM 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 Jun 13, 2008 07:16PM if you choose, yes - but not if you use the privacy setting in your account.
Lelira says Jun 13, 2008 07:17PM friends supposed to be people you know, and fans, people you follow to know better.
martinbogo Jun 13, 2008 07:17PM It's hard to have any real relationships with that many followers, you become more like a comedian, or politician
martinbogo Jun 13, 2008 07:17PM can, and does, regularly talk with almost all his friends though, RL and here.
LindaZ Jun 13, 2008 07:24PM 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 Jun 13, 2008 07:25PM I become a fan of someone I am interested in becoming friends with or want to know what they are up to
LindaZ Jun 13, 2008 07:25PM I can always request they friend me again later if we really start communicating
martinbogo Jun 13, 2008 07:26PM runs around in a steel wheel, drinks from a plastic bottle, looks at JennR and says "Squeek?"
bloggeries says Jun 13, 2008 07:26PM 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 Jun 13, 2008 07:26PM regardless, i think its kinda judgy to assume there is a right way or a wrong way to friend or fan someone.
bloggeries says Jun 13, 2008 07:26PM their knowledge or be aware of the plurks they are putting out if they are cutting edge on the ball.
LindaZ Jun 13, 2008 07:27PM I want to be able to follow and read all the convos that are in my timeline... right now that is already impossible
LindaZ Jun 13, 2008 07:28PM the only way is to choose who I follow and fan... not really judgy... just a time constraint
bloggeries says Jun 13, 2008 07:28PM 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 Jun 13, 2008 07:29PM 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 Jun 13, 2008 07:29PM 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 Jun 13, 2008 07:29PM invokes godwin's law, just to get it out of the way "Trying to control the friends->fan connection is downright Fascist!" There.
martinbogo Jun 13, 2008 07:30PM might also have to invoke Jenn's Law though .. someone needs to take Scoble, LaPorte, or Doctrow's name in vain.
techgirl♥bacon Jun 13, 2008 07:30PM 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
LindaZ Jun 13, 2008 07:46PM 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
bloggeries says Jun 13, 2008 07:55PM jennr exactly we aren't demanding friendship a rejection is cool. Stalker: Someone who follows after they were rejected friendship.
bloggeries says Jun 13, 2008 07:59PM another way of looking at it is. If someone rejects your friendship who is to say they even want you following them?
bloggeries says Jun 13, 2008 08:01PM I didn't think you would but that's cool. I'll agree to disagree.
QuirkyJessi asks Jun 13, 2008 08:50PM is it better/preferable to add as friends or as fans when finding someone you want to follow?
QuirkyJessi says Jun 13, 2008 08:52PM 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 Jun 13, 2008 08:52PM I'll just keep watching others to see what I should do. Thanks.
jennr Jun 13, 2008 09:00PM I guess if you don't friend everyone, you'll never know who is "facilitating" the "conversation" with their "insightful" questions or whatev
margalit says Jun 15, 2008 01:46AM I don't really know what to DO with my fans. It feels weird knowing that they follow me, but dont interact.
PlurkSensei says Jun 15, 2008 02:16AM 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 Jun 15, 2008 02:17AM not only that, you DO have the option to reject the request altogether.
Cassiopoeia Jun 15, 2008 12:38PM 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.
