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How many friends do you have in BC?
Posted by suvrokroy • 1/27/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: bc, blogs, contest, friends
Let find out who is making the most of BC.Whoever will win this contest will get visit to his blogs from all others
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I have 299 and counting
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you have 300 now
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Thanx dude
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I like round numbers...
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ur sense of humor is quite good
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Thanks - and "no charge" for the stand up - I do charge for spooning - but that is a whole different issue!
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u r the best
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Umm... That's what she said...
ok ok ok - then I woke up...
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I have no idea how many of them are actual friends. I think they're being progressively replaced by bots. -
All my favorite bloggers and all the people in my neighborhood are my friends and I shower them with my frequent visits and comments. -
223 since I started last October. -
I have around 200 or so (I can't remember and I'm really too lazy to look it up). But I only know about 50 of them--where I have actually talked to them. I have a lot of silent friends!-
It happens to everybody
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as long as you are there when they need you - you have little to worry about!
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EWWWW - am feeling kinda lonely - I have less than 100. Gotta get out more! -
Just don;t look at mine - I feel like such a user
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benny is my only friend here.-
And I am proud to be called your Friend Ames!
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I have 6... I was pretty proud of it until I saw 300 -
hey we all have to start somewhere...
I am one of those six - so... Hello my friend! -
yes you are. Hello!
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smiles... and hello to you too!!!
see - like I said - we all have to start somewhere...
I had 1 friend once too...
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bestest friends are very good things to have and hold onto. I have one myself
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I have added u as friend.add me back
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I am at 86.....-
you are at 94
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Let me twist this thread and ask you all a question. What is the use of friends in bc and what does this mean? Well i have only seventy five. But i dont see any use of adding and increasing. I have seen bloggers here having more than 3 K friends. Can anyone manage this? I dont think one can. All add in the hope that they will visit their blogs. I have not added many though they have added me. So the count have noting to do or i think useless. A saturation comes when people dont visit others blogs. So friendship here is of no use. You follow my blog does not mean that i will follow your blog as themes are different. I have some trusted friends blogging on same niche and i would term them as friends. Now think how many of this elk you have. Otherwise adding the number is not an uphill task and not an achievement. Thanks.-
you can never have too many friends...
and it is not what they CAN DO FOR YOU - It is all about what you can do for them...
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i dont know! but when u add me,u will have another one and so will I. -
109 including my new found friend benji-
Ummm... those are fighting words....
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LOL ill take you on... "old" man
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Old Man... You may have just hit the "ultimate" fighting words...
Bring it lil boy - I will learn you a few things...
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Look out little whipper snapper!
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Title: How many friends do you have in BC?
Let find out who is making the most of BC. Whoever will win this contest will get visit to his blogs from all others
Click my username and visit my BC profile page and find out how many friends I have. When you do that then I will get a view stat, and I will know that you know something about making the best of BC. www.blogcatalog.com/help/
Becoming an effective social networker at BC is all about creating quality blog centered relationships with actual friends: it's not about having huge quantity (number) of pseudo-friends.
Those who are making the best of BC are not adding hundreds or thousands of pseudo friends. No on in everyday life can be a good friend to hundreds and thousands of people and the same goes for cyber space. The value of the friendships you make is based in the quality time you spend with friends.
Those who are making the best of BC are not spending all day of every day posting to forum threads or babysitting the threads they started. They are too busy investing quality time in reading the blogs of their BC friends, leaving meaningful comments on them exploring the archives in their friends blogs, and finding posts to back link to there in the new posts they write in their own blogs.-
you get the blue ribbon
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why didn't I think of that...
ya - what she said!
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Sir Benny - guess you're up for knighthood. Gotta check with Sir Almo first for the proper protocol!
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I agree with you about the pseudo friends TT. There is no point adding a bunch of people just for the sake of adding them.
As far as the forum goes however, it really is up to the individual to decide how to best use it. Some people are here solely for blogging tips, advice or promotion. But, some people here have made friendships that now go beyond blogging. I could be one of those people that you say "babysit" my threads but that is not how I look at it. I keep up with those thread because I am genuinely interested in the responses and the back and forth conversation. To me, BC is more than just a place to "showcase" my blog, it has been a place for social interaction and also just having some fun with the other members. I think everyone needs to judge for themselves how to make BC the best place it can be for THEM. Everyone gets something different out of that and that is OKAY. -
@ TT - You said... Those who are making the best of BC are not spending all day of every day posting to forum threads or babysitting the threads they started.
I have a small issue with that. We each decide what is the best use of BC for ourselves. I am not here to promote my blog, but rather to interact on the boards. I have made some great "real life" friends from BC - And look forward to making more. The difference is - here on BC they are called friends - other sites they are "contacts", or part of your "network" or "members" - BC uses the more familiar "friends"... and you are correct they are not my FRIENDS. But if any one of them sent me a note and asked me for advice, help or any question - I would answer... so in essence they are treated just like friends.
Social Media is all about being Social. You can add friends, make friends or just collect friends. It is all about what you do for them that matters.
I am pretty sure that Doing what I do - is what I want to do with my time here. It is not the same of what I do with my time on Stumble or Facebook or Mixx or Linkedin or any of the other SM or SMB sites, but that's why I belong to 5 or 6 of them, because each of them bring something else to the table for me...
I enjoy BC for what it is and the others for different reasons. I don;t live here or there... I am everywhere! And that is Social Media!
and just for the record... None of my friends - are "psuedo-friends" - They are all quality people that make up a quality network of people who want to work together... Whether I talk to them everyday or once every three months! -
I agree with benny and kelly
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@ suvrokroy - check is in the mail (keep it on the down low)
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Friends...I don't troll for friends or anything like that. When someone adds me, I only reciprocate if there's something about their personality or blogs that appeals to me. I do sometimes take the first step, usually inspired by what someone wrote on a discussion.
I do click on MY FRIENDS DISCUSSIONS as well as the general ones. Besides that, what's the point of having tons of friends, especially ones that never write in the discussions?-
On one hand, I click on my friend's discussions too and I try to comment in them as well. On the other hand, I have many friends who write high quality posts that I benefit from reading and they never post to the forum at all.
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@bl - exactly - I do not wander the boards looking for people to add. But Just the last few days I found really cool people like dosox and siralmo. I am happy to call them my SM friends. They are cool people and fun to interact with... so where is the downside of adding them to my "friends"?
@TT - Sounds like real life... One one hand I have and on the other I have too... that's what makes the world go round and round and round... (I did propose the fencing around the "edges of the world" for those of you who still believe the world is flat... and yo know who you are
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I have no friends
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Here's my fake pity for your fake loneliness! LOL!
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Mock my fake pain why don't you
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this's stupid. anyone can just visit all users' profiles and click on add as friend-
You're - right!
And that's exactly what some members are doing. They are spending hours doing nothing but adding "friends" and ghosting the forum. Their time would be better spent if they invested it into reading blogs and leaving comments.
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I just stared last week, I have 4 friends so far. Always looking for more!-
You have one more now - and a very cool site too!
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Thank you
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My Pleasure!
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I'm reaching 11,500.. woohoo thanks for all the add
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crazy boy!
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thank you for proving it. daddy
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i got few friends since i am new. less than 20 hope u'll invite me -
I have 90 mutual friends. 11 that I know personally, 17 that I deal with outside of this site, and the rest are similar interests. I go for quality and not quantity. -
I have 102 friends...I'z feels loved
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I don't have any
Well, not yet.
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well stick around long enough and someone might be nice enough to add you to their friends list
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you do now
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Yea, Maybe.
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@Dem1an
Welcome to BC - check your shoutbox for a message. -
Well, Im feeling nice today so I added you as a friend. Plus you're a 24 year old male (according to profile) I figured I need more 20 somethings to annoy, Im sick of all these old people
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Thanks!
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i have 52 only, you may add me -
nope
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I have 2 friends now!
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you might want to return the favor and add me, cause I dont stay friends with people if they aren't mutual friends
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maybe its your DP
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sensico ..... by 2 seconds
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I currently have over 40 friends on here, however I don't feel I'm being a very good one right now!
I have simply accepted many as friends and it's all building up on me now. I'm trying to show the same courtesy and support by taking the time to either post a Shoutbox or view your blogs and leave a comment. So if I haven't already, I am soooooo sorry and I'll be reaching you soon OKAY?
p.s. some of your have more blogs than fingers!!-
you shouldn't worry about it so much unless the aren't on the forums, even then half of them are ghosting the forum trying to get friends and spam shoutboxes
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@DM I agree, what the hell is up with some people having having like 11 blogs...they have one for every pet thats in their house...people just need to create a blog thats random, cause Im not going to visit everyone of their blogs. Earlier this week I felt like a bad friend so i visited everyones profile page to show that I cared...
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like i had one guy the other day drop the same link in my shout box over four different shouts in 2 mins
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are you guys for real... you don't have to do all this stuff for people.. i work on the rule that if you link me i will check it out and if you friend me i will friend you, but by no means will i go a give this "common courtesy" to everyone i get way too many spammers to do that, so if you are my "friend" for real i'll help in what ever way i can
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@Siralmo Here here! Gotcha! I'll steal that last line of yours and make it mine too
@Sensico so true, I feel bad at times
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I have one. -
1??
maybe 2??
no just one?? MMM
people help this guy out and add him as a friend... he is really nice, an awesome guy and has a great blog -
nope, not unless he says "pretty please, with a cherry on top" and acknowledges that I am the princess of BC
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don't make me smack you... i'll send you to your room...
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.............did you just call me a boy......obviously you weren't the father I thought you were. You've neglected me for too long, and I'm rebelling because of your neglect. Now I say, that if rosen boy doesn't do what I say, he wont be my friend
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thats it go to your room...
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and no tv.
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........you still fail to acknowledge your mistake in calling me a boy...I'm telling mommy. Oh wait, shes too busy cheat on you with the jester
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=O not cool.. im out
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Sadly, zero.
Then again, I first read your question as BC = British Columbia!-
no no no you have One!
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Haha... thanks BennyGreenberg! You were my first friend... now I have, *gasp* 5!
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I just added you Dawn.... cause I like something about you
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You are such a sweetie!
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Thank you Kelly there is something I like about you too.
@Benny who is the sweetie me or Kelly?
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I use my senses before adding anybody as a friend
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I got a few -
None.
Someone interested?-
@11seconds
I'm glad to see that you have a friend and that you have joined the BC New Users Group. If you take a close read of the reply I made to dluxedesigns below you will have the information you need to search for other possible friends too.
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I have 2. I am thankful for them, but would love to have more.-
@dluxedesigns
I see that you know have 4 friends.
There is a search link at the top of every BC page that's handy if you are looking for other members who have blogs related to your own. Once you locate the blogs you can visit, leave comments and form relationships with the bloggers.
Take note that you can also use the same process to find blogs and make friends with other members on any topic that you maybe interested in.
This is the search link www.blogcatalog.com/search
There are filters narrowing the search to suit.
* All Results
* Directory
* Blog Posts
* Social
* Discussions
* Blog Tags
* Post Tags
Your tags are: fashion, fragrance, home decor, beauty, style, luxury. All you have to do is type them into the search box and follow up on the results.
Best wishes for effective networking
Another way of making friends is to watch forum threads like this one and find members who make comments that you like. Then you can easily add them as friends by clicking their BC usernames, arriving on their BC profile page and clicking the "add as a friend" link in the top of their sidebar.
P.S. Here's the link to the BC New Users group. Please feel free to check it out and also to join if you are so inclined.
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You have 5 now...
And - your blog is waaaaaaaaaaay cool.
I am sorry if I added you as a friend - even though we are not in the same category of bloggers - But I am pretty sure that I use home decor and like luxury items just as much as other self-improvement blogs.
Actually - if everyone of my "friends" in my network did and spoke of and lived for the exact same things I do - my life would be boring.
I have a vast array of friends from a vast array of categories... actually categories coming way down the list of things I look for in a friend...
And I am here for so much more than simple networking - actually as far as networking is concerned - this site is weak - as far as friendships are concerned - this site is strong!
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@gdenarayana
Thanks for the blog visit and comment too. I'm happy that the information in the posts that you found was helpful and, of course, I'd be glad to answer your questions to the best of my ability anytime.
BTW I really like your music blog. -
Oops wrong spot
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@timethief: thank you so much, i'm also came across to your other blog, and that's a way cool blog too
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I just love how some seem to think that their rules apply towards everyone.
We are not cookie cutter people and we all have different ways of running our profiles, blogs
and business, so I'm afraid I don't fall into your category or can be kept in your tiny little box.
I decide what works for me and I didn't ask for your opinion. Each of us is here for different reasons.
I am a social networker and I have discovered many different ways that's not in your little book to make the best of networking while building my friend list and clientele and I also have fun doing it, which is something that some of you forgot to do, have fun.
What seems like a waste of time to you, ain't a waste of time to me because I happen to know exactly what I'm doing and why I do it and if you can't figure it out yet, then you are the slow one.
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I think that there is no way to "cookie cutter" any part of life - Unless you lead quite the boring life. I don't even like to "cookie cutter" my cookies. So I would have to agree with you in general J. My way for developing and building and handling my network is different than most other peoples way. I consider you a friend J and we are not in the same industry and we do not do the same work or even spend time in the same circles. I just think your cool - and that is enough for me to consider you a friend.
The "cut and paste" method is the worse possible method of communication with "friends" - whether they are old or new. J - the "what floats your boat" is not "what floats my boat" statement is spot on!
And just because I like you is not a reason for people who like me to like you... But they should give it some thought! -
Benny people who run their lives this way do not interest me.
I don't have cookie cutter friends, they are a bunch of boring has-beens to me.
Yes I like you too and I admire the way you do business and I see you working just as hard
on other networks and here at BC, so what's all this about who ain't using BC effectively? -
Again - I am not here to judge how and why anyone uses BC. To each their own is my way of looking at things. BC is a just a tool - the interaction is a huge bonus - as most other social networking does not allow for Immediate interaction... but the key is to know how to use each of them for what they can bring to the table. Or - for what they bring to YOUR table.
I do not need anyone telling me how and why - and I won't tell them either. If you need my help - I am always here - if you want a lecture - find someone else to give it to you! -
I fully agree and no more lectures please
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Laughs... BTW: You are so far from cookie cutter - laughs harder
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oops! right spot
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probably at least one less now
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5 at the moment.
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Is their any prize for the person who has no friend on BC? I don't have any friend here, just starting up today. Well not first from start, i can be first from last here ... Any competetion????? -
Hi ~ I've more than peaked at 37 friends. I read my ten top friends carefully and enjoy their blogs...I try to get around the other 27 friends and fail to get them all read (on a weekly basis)
I feel bad if a friend reads my blog and I don't have time to look them up.
I have a demanding job, working in the theatre at a minimum of 10 hours per day. Usually 12 - 14 hours.
I agree with Timethief - I like quality reading and quality comments. I would prefer 4 or 5 quality comments to 90+ "Love your blog Darling" comments - I get too much of the latter response in the theatre world in any case.
By the way ~ I'm not referring to Lilly of fearlessandfabulous dot com (Lilly's Life) She is just my numero uno blogger....Just Simply the Best
I'm also Old and Slow.
xhenry -
19! woot
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As of right now, 278. -
i'm a new BC user, and i only have 2 as of now. anyone who wants to be my friend?
vanitychild.blogspot.com -
109...and looking
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