+2oldfarts (the rockhounders) Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 I went to my account page and noticed "View My Friends"?? OK...I clicked...I don't have any friends!! Is this a way to let us know that we need to get a life? Get off the forums and get out into that rat race to make friends? Wait a minute....let me check something....there is a tab saying "Pending Friend Requests".... Oh Joy...someone wants us to be their friend!! Do you have any "Friends"? Now what...what happens? Is this like a virtual friend, only on the Internet? Silly or not? Shirley~ Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Moved topic to the Geocaching.com Website forum since it is about a new site feature and therefore not Off Topic. Team GPSaxophone Off Topic Forum Moderator Link to comment
+D3C1B3L Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Think of the Friends feature as social networking on the web site. By having "friends", it makes it easier for you to watch their geoaching activities and contact through the web site. Is there an issue with this feature you need to be resolved? Link to comment
+2oldfarts (the rockhounders) Posted August 2, 2007 Author Share Posted August 2, 2007 Think of the Friends feature as social networking on the web site. By having "friends", it makes it easier for you to watch their geoaching activities and contact through the web site. Is there an issue with this feature you need to be resolved? No issues at all. I just started this thread in Off Topic to see if anyone else had noticed this feature and if they also had "No Friends" or maybe a pending one and did not know of it. It was meant to be a light-hearted thread that would maybe spark some funny answers. But, while I have your attention.... Now, what happens...do I get E-mail every time they log anything? Or post on the forums? Or do they? Or is it just to have easy access to them? I am sorry if I am a bit late with such questions or if it sounds rather stupid. Just wondering. Shirley~ Link to comment
+D3C1B3L Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Think of the Friends feature as social networking on the web site. By having "friends", it makes it easier for you to watch their geoaching activities and contact through the web site. Is there an issue with this feature you need to be resolved? No issues at all. I just started this thread in Off Topic to see if anyone else had noticed this feature and if they also had "No Friends" or maybe a pending one and did not know of it. It was meant to be a light-hearted thread that would maybe spark some funny answers. But, while I have your attention.... Now, what happens...do I get E-mail every time they log anything? Or post on the forums? Or do they? Or is it just to have easy access to them? I am sorry if I am a bit late with such questions or if it sounds rather stupid. Just wondering. Shirley~ Say you have fired off a friend request and they have accepted. You will then be able to see them listed in your friends list. Here's an example from one of my friends: Member Since: 10/23/2004 Last Online: 8/2/2007 Title: Groundspeak Lackey Location: Seattle, Washington Found: 165 Hidden: 0 So you can see basic information about them, but also have quick access to their profile. Link to comment
+2oldfarts (the rockhounders) Posted August 2, 2007 Author Share Posted August 2, 2007 Thanks for the quick answer. Shirley~ Link to comment
+TeamFROG Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 I went to my account page and noticed "View My Friends"?? OK...I clicked...I don't have any friends!! Is this a way to let us know that we need to get a life? Get off the forums and get out into that rat race to make friends? Wait a minute....let me check something....there is a tab saying "Pending Friend Requests".... Oh Joy...someone wants us to be their friend!! Do you have any "Friends"? Now what...what happens? Is this like a virtual friend, only on the Internet? Silly or not? Shirley~ Oh Dear. It appears we don't have any friends either. But wait!! There's hope. We do have a pending friend. Oh joy! Now that we know what that means we can reply back to our pending friend. That is, if he didn't go away mad because we left him pending. Link to comment
nonaeroterraqueous Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 I keep hearing about this "friends" thing. It sounds vaguely familiar. Do I need one? Link to comment
+Dr. Jackal Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 (edited) I keep hearing about this "friends" thing. It sounds vaguely familiar. Do I need one? nah i heard they require too much attention and you have to do mundane things like 'listen' and 'be nice' , i suggest a pet rock and if he gives you any crap a quick suggestion and nudge near a lake and he will learn his lesson permanently! Edited August 3, 2007 by Dr. Jackal Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 You mean that it's not a Google ad for a TV show?!? Link to comment
+2oldfarts (the rockhounders) Posted August 3, 2007 Author Share Posted August 3, 2007 WOW! We have "2" friends now and guess what? Sax is not even one of them.... Are we having fun yet...even in .com? YES! Shirley~ Link to comment
+TeamFROG Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 WOW! We have "2" friends now and guess what? Sax is not even one of them.... Are we having fun yet...even in .com? YES! Shirley~ Yep! We now have two friends too! Yeah friends! Link to comment
nonaeroterraqueous Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 WOW! We have "2" friends now and guess what? Sax is not even one of them.... Are we having fun yet...even in .com? YES! Shirley~ Yep! We now have two friends too! Yeah friends! Won't that be twice as hard to get rid of them when the time comes? Sorry, I'm still new to this "friend" thing. Link to comment
+darus67 Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 I just got a friend request from someone I've never met, who's been a member since '02 but only has 3 finds and a completely blank profile. In their friend request the first thing they asked about was my kids. Definitely set off my creep-o-meter. Link to comment
bogleman Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 will you be my friend? I've got 2 on my list - I sent both invites, no strangers - er.. stalkers yet, I guess I'm not popular enough or could it be that most just don't want to be my friend Link to comment
+2oldfarts (the rockhounders) Posted August 7, 2007 Author Share Posted August 7, 2007 I think that it would be fun to have an Icon for 'Friends' and a tally of how many we have. I now have "2"! Who would have known.... This could be the Friend Icon... Link to comment
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