User Comments

1. 

   12/25/07

   TonyB

   Mauro,
   
   It is true. The challenge we have is that certain people abuse the feature and the way we solved it has caused a problem for members, like yourself who do not spam. The choices we have are
   
   1. Leave the limit at 2,000 friends as we currenlty have
   
   2. After a member has been on BlogCatalog for 6 months, increase the limit by another 2,000 friends.
   
   3. Have a daily friend limit of a specific number of new friends, eg. 25.
   
   Thoughts?

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   1. 

      12/26/07

      techfun

      Number three is my preference.
   2. 

      12/26/07

      voodooKobra

      Why not keep track of "number of friends added in the past 24 hours" and keep an eye on people with high numbers?
2. 

   12/25/07

   Joliveira

   Hi,
   i guess the actual limit is 1800...
   
   The third option in the best i guess. These way members will return to the blogcatalog and they will select the friends to add.

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3. 

   12/26/07

   Mauro

   I understand the challenge
   Many people only use the Community to spam!
   
   I like the third option... and, of course, the "Report" option that you have

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4. 

   12/26/07

   Puffmatty

   i took you off my list, you now have room. j/j

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   1. 

      12/26/07

      Mauro

      lol... mad cow!
5. 

   12/26/07

   monkeytale

   Is there a way to make the friend feature a request to the person where the person they want to "friend" has the option to approve/disapprove the request? That would take care of it. That's how it is done @ cre8buzz anyway.

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   1. 

      12/26/07

      Unfettered

      I like that idea! I saw something similar in another thread on this subject where someone suggested that the list is of "mutual friends", which seems to be about the same thing.
6. 

   12/26/07

   freeatlast

   curious... do you know Any of these friends in person?

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7. 

   12/26/07

   PetLvr

   again .. my thoughts on this..
   
   1. Leave the limit at 2,000 friends as we currenlty have
   
   >> YUCK
   
   2. After a member has been on BlogCatalog for 6 months, increase the limit by another 2,000 friends.
   
   >> UGGH - all this will do is have people go away for 6 months and come back
   
   3. Have a daily friend limit of a specific number of new friends, eg. 25.
   
   >>>> GAG >>> this is one of the reasons I stopped going to MyBlogLog - because of their daily limit to join communities
   
   Another possible option is to consider something similar to STumbleUpon .. instead of FRIENDS .. you are only FANS - until the other mutually accepts you as friend. You can have Fan Requests fall off the table after 6 months .. and maybe a contest for the username with the MOST friends! I would be interested in seeing a BC member with 80 thousand friends (that mutually wanted to be friends)

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   1. 

      12/31/07

      ozegold

      The 'Stumbleupon' option sounds good, with a few adjustments.
      
      I'm not sure of the ratio, but a good percentage of my BC friends added me, and I responded!
      
      I guess that there are no really easy answers, as you have people like Guy Kawasaki and Robert Scoble on Facebook wrestling with a limit of 5,000.
      
      As far as knowing people 'in person', I think that it is really irrelevant in a sense, simply because of the nature of the Internet.
      
      I know quite a number 'personally' though, after corresponding here, on Skype and Twitter!