Comments on: Even Facebook can’t make you popular

By: Jui-Lun Hsu

Jui-Lun Hsu — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:09:09 +0000

When the online society is getting mature, the online society will be more like the real world. Therefore, people will behave in the same way whether online or offline. Therefore, if you are not a really social person, you will not add new friends randomly, that is, you will add people whom you think your truely friends. What’s more, like Yenching said, you need to take a friend’s responsiblity to accompany and comfort your friends. If we just add new friend at will and without keeping in touch with them, i wonder what the fundamental of these kind of relationships are.

By: Matthew "Mattso" Stringer

Matthew "Mattso" Stringer — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 01:15:56 +0000

I have over 500 friends in my Friends List on Facebook, and I know each one of them very well… like family. I am very popular and beloved by all. lolz

Now, this is kind of working off of Jeff’s comment, but, you know, I think it’s time that a social network like Facebook came up with variations like “co-worker” or “family member” or “acquaintance”, etc. I mean, yes, they do have a “How do you know this person” feature, which I believe has been getting buried by Facebook for some time, but maybe being able to properly categorize your associations would be useful. Of course, then you might find someone you know becoming offended that you consider them an “acquaintance” rather than a friend.

By: Raquel Hirai

Raquel Hirai — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:04:58 +0000

I wonder how this guy actually got 700 Facebook friends… He should be at least a little bit more popular in the real life, but it seems he was not! Other thing: it was not a very smart idea to invite 700 random people… I probably would not go to a party if I only had one acquaintance there and other 699 strangers around…

By: Brook Ellingwood

Brook Ellingwood — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:58:42 +0000

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Thanks to a shared desire on the part of Cafe Press and myself to not be sued, the wording has been changed somewhat…

By: yenching

yenching — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:45:25 +0000

Friendship and companionship on the Web has always been a topic in today’s world. We have a long email list, lots of contact on the AOL or MSN Messenger, and even thousands of friends on Twitter and Facebook. We can get into contact with people on the Web easily, but we still have to maintain the friendship in old days. We spend time chatting with friends, giving comforts to our friends, sharing our lives with each other. Whether we are online or offline, we are always caring about our friends. Although we can get to know lots of people on the Web easily, but we still have to spend time on maintaining the friendship.

By: gzliuzw

gzliuzw — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:02:23 +0000

From my point of view, I kind of consider social networking site as place to keep up friendship with people I’ve already known or at least met before. So, invited by stranger on facebook? There are two problems: first, I kind of feel intimidated to party with someone I’ve never met before. Second, most importantly, even though I feel okay about hanging out with people I know little, there is no proof on this guy’s credibility, and I’ve no idea whether it is just a trick or a real deal. Anyway, we are still talking about cyber world here, not a real world.

By: Aaron Seeley

Aaron Seeley — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 06:50:29 +0000

So if he is a self-described loner, where did he recruit his 700 friends? I wonder how many webs of mutual connections existed within that 700? I would imagine many people were uninterested in the event due to the fear of making that awkward entrance into a party where you don’t “really” know anyone…Imagine approaching an attractive person with, “so…uh…I don’t have any real friends to hang out with tonight, but aren’t we Facebook friends with that one guy?”

By: jmscott

jmscott — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:45:51 +0000

If you are a self-described “loner,” the odds that you want to hang out with hundreds of people must be very low. Peter’s right, if you want to throw a party there’s a way to do it, and Facebook probably isn’t it. Perhaps his was a subconscious attempt to fail, and remain a loner. Either that or he’s too involved with the digital world and so out of touch with real people that he doesn’t know how to plan a get-together.