[DM]

Hello friends! Yes, everyone in NT is a friend. Maybe we haven't conversed online yet, or maybe we have... BUT, I just want everyone to know that as a member of the Comm Welcome Team and a member of NT, I have decided to not participate in the friend page any longer.

How can I list everyone here who has had a kind word to me or maybe who just lurks and reads my posts.

Please don't anyone be hurt, but I'd just like to think we are all friends. I have cleared my friends page, but I consider all NT members to be my friends w/o my having to notify them.

Thanks for being the great people you are. I will continue to bug you all, just not in the friend pages...

Please do not be offended Doc John, as I think it's a good idea, just not for me. Your hard work has not gone unnoticed..

[SallyC]

Thanks, DM. I have followed your lead and deleted my Friends List as well. I was so concerned that the people who don't post a whole lot would be left out and I consider you all my Friends and Family.

DocJohn, you do everything to make our experience here wonderful and you and your assistants and moderators, will always rock, in my book..

[weegot5kiz]

well said Daisey and Sally, i saw something posted about this earlier today and have wondered if this is good or not, in no ways am I offended

[Taffy]

Here! Here! I agree! You are all the bestest anyways!

[SandyC]

I was just thinking the same thing. I haven't done it because I don't want to hurt anyone! So I haven't done anything.

I have been reading the threads and wondering if someone is sitting out here with no friends because they don't know anyone yet and that bothers me.

Maybe we should do a poll to see if more feel the same way.

I personally love the friend feature but don't want anyone feeling left out. So basically, befriend me and I am yours! That is if you want me to be your friend. lol

[weegot5kiz]

was thinking if they do a poll they should ask about hiding the friends list from others being able to see it, so they dont have hurt feelings cause so and so has 46 friends, yet so and so only has 3, figure if all cant see it then there is no hurt feelings, and then with us having the friends list, like sandy pointed out makes it easier to contact them instead of searching through countless post to find those names so instead of getting rid of it hide it and we could use it for our own personal contacts, just a thought

[Blessings2You]

Yup, this is just the type of situation that sends my pathetic brain into a tizzy, and I tizzy at the slightest provocation.

[kicker]

Thanks DM, followed your lead, deleted the very few friends I got (sniff, sniff, thanks guys!) and am going back to lurking unless moved to add my 2 cents to a post.
In another place, mentioned some in a post, got inquiries from others later asking why they weren't mentioned. Yikes!!!!

[Bannet]

I was so excited about the friends page yesterday and now today alot of my friends have disappeared It was fun while it lasted.

[Chemar]

honestly the friends thing is just an updated version of the old buddy system that we used to have. It comes built in with the software and isnt anything special that was added. The designers of vBulletin software likely just made the feature more prominent because of the social networking sites like myspace and facebook etc



I really dont think anyone should read more into it than that.
I have personally not sent any friend requests but only accepted any that have come in as a courtesy. that sure doesnt mean that I am not friends with anyone else

the convenience of the friends feature is that it lets one send group PMs to those on one's friends list and also gives quick link to their profile from yours etc etc etc
It is designed more as a networking thing rather than as a "pick you friends and exclude others" one....so honestly it can be used to advantage when used correctly

anyways, just wanted to clear that up as i do think perhaps it has been somewhat misinterpreted

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