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Having friends associated with forum membership is a great idea! Those friends have formed a solid basis of evaluation of yourself, as a contributor, writer, and person.

Beware! If you step out of line, or reveal a side, or opinion, or other remark made not within the acceptable mainstream, you quickly become friends of no one.

"Friends" may come and go, but the frivolous imp will not change, trade positions, or barter. imp
 

Yeah imp, the (quasi) forum “friendship” can sometimes get weird. I’ve had a few really bizarre, downright creepy things happen. :rolleyes:

Btw, some people apparently don’t know there is a list on members’ profile page which tells who has been there. :wink:
 

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People are not necessarily stalking by looking at profiles. They are not locked and everyone is allowed to look at them, however many times they wish. Sometimes I look to see who people are and where they live, etc. then if I forget, I look again. That is why they are there. And since we are anonymous, non-members don't gain anything much by seeing our profile 'stuff'.
 
Sometimes I look to see who people are and where they live, etc.
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Posts show where people are from/live. And a profile just contains what a person chooses to type. Sometimes people check friends lists of those they don't like (but and are obsessed with) so they can send hate mail/PMs. Lot of that going on, as we've seen recently. ;)
 
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Cookie said:
People are not necessarily stalking by looking at profiles. They are not locked and everyone is allowed to look at them, however many times they wish. Sometimes I look to see who people are and where they live, etc. then if I forget, I look again. That is why they are there. And since we are anonymous, non-members don't gain anything much by seeing our profile 'stuff'.
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I too look for the same reasons. And also, at times, to see if they are male or females...after reading a post. And I too forget what I read...all too often :bigwink:
 
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This is the normal on forums Imp. If someone gets angry at a friend of theirs, they run up to the plate and defend the friend, whether they are right or wrong. It seems people cannot see the 'wrong' in anything their friends do.

Members watch who your friends are when they check your profile and if they see someone on your friend list that they don't like, they will pick on you.........or ignore you........or both.

It seems that humans can't get along. We are supposed to be the intelligent ones of the animal group and yet we fight and kill because of our selfishness and the obsession to rule.

I just want to say.......you are number one in my books Imp. We can't please everyone, I know that. :love_heart:
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I prefer to remain a Pollyanna and think this is not the norm. There are too many lovely people, too many relevant and interesting threads to read...unless one has deep seated problems...to be occupied with such childish behaviors. And having also been on the internet for many years...realize there are people that sadly fall into that category. Thankfully they are the minority and only stay long enough to stir things up.
 
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Are you scolding this demure group?
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No, No! I was scolding myself inconspicuously, to try to ferret out recent opinion that may have been quietly directed towards me. not paranoid, though! imp
 

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