What is proper etiquette for handling your friends list? Do you answer all their questions? Is the point of the F.L to give them points all the time? I want to do this the right way.
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Phillis - Zacks little sister
ANSWERS: 18
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I'm not sure if there's a guide to proper etiquette for that. Everyone should be entitled to use their Friends list however they please, and have as many or as few friends as they like. I can only answer for myself so what I do is the following: I'm a Home Page creature, I like to keep up with the newest questions, and like to think I'm fair with giving everyone a fair shot: new users or old, "friends" or not. If I'm not there, I usually click on "Friends Q & A" (Which I only have on questions setting) and give points and sometimes answer to some of the best questions posted. Once in while I like to pick a friend or friends from the list and check his or her contributions, I do a little posi-trolling several times a week. Yes, I have to admit that some people on my list are closer to me than others. However, the "Friend" term for me is used in a broad sense here, as those that are in it are mostly the ones which contributions I appreciate and relate to most of the time.
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OMG, i never thought about etiquette regarding a friend's list. i just figured that a friend's list was a group with which you share something. maybe we ought to send our friends christmas chards, birthday cards, anniversary presents ... where does it all end? ::) (glasses)
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I just view my friends' list as my "friends" on AB. It's a simple way to point me towards their Q&A, and where they've been while I'm away. I don't answer every question, but I answer many. If we are 'friends' then having them organized in a separate list saves me time from hunting through all the social questions just to interact with them. I award points all over the site, not just to my friends, but I do take good care of my friends.
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I don't think there's such a thing as a proper or improper way of handling your friends list. It's your list, no one has the right to question what you do or what you don't want to do with it. Personally, this is my stand on the friends list: 1. As much as possible, I try to answer their questions, especially the unanswered ones. 2. The point of the friends list is not to give them points all the time, but to see their activity to find out what kind of people they are. Since this is an all-text environment, their questions and answers are my only way of seeing if they are the kind of people I want to consider friends. 3. I try to keep the number of people on my friends list to one page. I don't see the point of having pages and pages of friends. I have people on my friends list because I want to know them a little better. If I had gazillions of people there, how the hell would I be able to do that?
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That's a new one on me. I never even thought about it. I use the list to find interesting questions when I don't see any after paging through the main page. I don't use it for pointing anybody.
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There aren't really any rules that you have to follow....just handle it however you feel like handling it, and you'll be fine. I could tell you how I do it, but that wouldn't make much sense...
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It is your own personal preference on what you do with your friends list. I usually go to the, friends Q&A section, to see what my friends have asked, sometimes, I cant get to them, because, it only hold 5 pages, and some people clog it up, with way to many questions, so then I will go to each of friends question list, at various times, and see if I missed any I can answer. My thing lately, is going and looking up some of their older questions, that may have been missed, when originally asked. I always point for every question I answer, and every person that answers my questions. I point great questions, that I cant answer, I point old questions, where they are revived and the asker, is no longer around. I cant possibly answer every question my friends ask, I am not that smart, LOL. My friends do get preferentual treatment.
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give up your own life and simply devote it all to your 4 score friends at AB, keeping up with everything that each says and does. or, maybe more realistically, friends kinda sort themselves out, in my experience. some will call, email, write, visit, bring along a slurpee, and some don't respond to emails in weeks. those who do, i keep in closest touch with.
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For me, the purpose of the friend's list is that I can easily navigate to their pages and see their questions and answers. If I have something to say, I'll answer if I have nothing new to add I just rate it and move on. I don't think we are expected to rate and answer each and every question/answer of our friends. That according to me is gaming for points.:)
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Etiquette on AB should be the same on and off the friend's list. Be respectful. Don't trample the opinions of others, nor should opinions be spread that are hateful, rude, or vulgar. Answer what you know - do not feel compelled to answer anything out of obligation. Enjoy the site. The point of the friend's list is certainly not points. To do it the right way, stay on top of your feedback; give points where they are due; do not abuse downrating; do not get all caught up in trolling; and participate in the Q+A that makes you happy -- especially in the company of your friends.
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Really, the way I handle it is to answer what I can, when I can. Some of my friends post so many, I can't get to everyones questions (we can only go 5 pages, right?). Sometimes life/work gets in the way and I don't get a chance to. And then, there are some questions that are subjects I just have no knowledge about and can't answer.
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Hey you! :) I use my "My Friends" list as a guide for answering questions. I have never simply "pointed" a person because I am their friend around here. I afford them the same as all others...if I like your answer, points for you! If I answer your question, same goes. I point ever question I answer, regardless of the person asking. I do, although, tend to answer a lot of questions that they answer or ask since one of the reasons we are "friends" is because we have something in common or share the same viewpoints.
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I try to look at friends' questions from my list, give points, recycle/resurrect old questions, etc. I think that is the spirit of AB!! :)
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I answer my friends' questions each day, at least one question is answered per day depending on how often I visit AB that day. If I am on a lot, I'll answer more. I give points if I genuinely like or feel the question is useful-I do not give points just because they are my friend. You ask many intellectual questions, so, those questions earn points from me, and an answer if possible. I also like the fun and carefree q's though.
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I try and answer as many as I can and I give pts to them each time. Without question! Also anyone who answers that friends question, I give pts to them too!
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I'm going through your list right now. Check out every question. Often up rate it. Check out the answers, rate accordingly, often in the positive, even if it's on, say, a page 10. Answer if I can, such as here. :-D
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It would be nice if I could answer all the questions my friends have posted but most of my friends are way more intelligent than I. I would not want to give a wrong answer on purpose just for the sake of friendship. That would make me feel like I was taking advantage of them. I give uprates to all deserving post rather they are my friends or not. I do not just give away uprates for the sake of a friendship. However I do postitrolli them when I can but not for just any old post the post must be deserving. I do try to look after my friends and fix all downrates I see are outstanding, but I also do this for all downrates because to me zero is unhelpful enough. Note: I always uprate every question I answer, friend or not.
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I use my friends list as a place to look for questions to answer . So yes I suppose I do try to answer their questions if I can.
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