What makes YOU a good Facebook friend? (Page 2)

If you take a pic of me, post it, and tag me, then I'll take it as a compliment. I won't untag myself because I feel that I don't look "hot" in your pic, and then proceed to post pics of myself showing off my wares.

I don't post a billion pictures of myself fishing for compliments. FB is not for the modeling career that I never had.

My page is not tied to BT or Training Peaks, so you won't get thousands of posts each time I log a workout.

I do not post the stuff like "If you know someone that breathes air, repost this to your status for 1 hour to celebrate breathing air! If you are really my friend you will repost this!"

No quotes from celebrities, no bible verses, and no random song lyrics are posted to my status.

You are aware that the BT Girls of 2011 thread DOES serve this very purpose.

Drat. Busted. Not only did I start that thread, I even post pictures of myself surrounded by models in it ... to prove ... uh, that I look ... hm. Older and bigger than they do. Heh. So there!!!

As long as it stays off FB, that's fine. Someone will have to start a "What makes you a good BT poster?" thread.

My comment wasn't intended to be negative, only hopeful encouragement.

I treat Facebook kind of like forwarded emails.  You're on a pretty short leash before you're hidden.  I'll send out a warning email that says something to the effect of "if you wouldn't take the time to put it in an envelope and stick a $0.44 stamp on it, I really don't need to see it."

Um ... that would not be me. Unless anybody is swayed by quantity over quality.

You are a wonderful FB friend, though, I'll say that.

Snicker.Funny post.

I am ashamed to admit I am guilty of a few things on the list. My profile pick is currently my son on his birthday which was Sunday. I don't care if people like it or not. It's my page and I like to look at a happy photo of my son

And on a random note ... I've been on Facebook since it was still in Testing phase and you HAD to have a .edu e-mail address to even be on it. That would be ... 2003, I think.

1. act like they are too good for facebook ("I have a Facebook account but never use it.")
2. never participate by posting/responding
3. but then talk to me like they know what's up with my life, because they passively read FB. 

I was guilty in the past of posting too much on fb - but I was at a low point in my life and was lonely, needed the social interaction with my friends who were 1000 miles away. It made that time in my life A LOT easier to get through.

I still am on fb every day, but I keep my friend list pretty tight - if I wouldn't call you up to go for lunch, or invite you to a dinner party, then we're not fb friends. I hide all the posts re: games and other crap people play, and my statuses are generally something along the lines of how happy I am and that life is awesome ... I love facebook! I wouldn't know how to get in touch with anyone otherwise ... plus it's awesome for sharing photos and the big details of what's going on in one's life ...

-I only send friend requests to people I actually know and have/had semi-decent interaction with.

-I don't use stupid $#@! apps that spam the crap out of everyone with messages they don't care about.

-I don't over-share every trivial detail of my life in my status updates

-If someone sends me a PM that's not some stupid chain letter, I make a point to respond.

Like lovely and joyously shared MELONS!!!

{{{MELON PRESS}}}

Much can be forgiven with that...

Funny in the last year I lost weight, took up triathlon backed off scuba diving and frankly. I pissed off most of my friends by me posting postive things... or posting an update after a great work out. I was told I was just being a douche bag for all those around me who couldn't do the things I was doing.

So I guess I am a horrible FB friend. Add me if you want or not. I cut my list back a bit. Turfed people etc. I purposly didn't turf all the people that said I was being a douche just to see if they would turf me. So far months later no one has. Which makes me laugh.

Although a few friends and I do use FB to plan workouts, running routes and we started a running group and even used it to setup learn to run programs for people in our not so healthy town. So I have seen many positives.

Add me or don't doesn't matter to me. But if people are not truely my friends or connected to me through diving or triathlon. They get turffed.

I've added a fair number of people who I don't know and have never known, just because they are a friend of a friend, or even a friend of a friend of a friend. I usually give those people a chance if the person(s) we have in common are decent folks. I have been amazed at how a couple of these random connections have turned out to be quite good. The people have been mainspring, and we have had some genuine conversations, and I can't imagine not having those people around on a daily basis.

But, then again, I feel like I have made some good connections through other forums, and those online connections have turned into "real life" friendships. So why would Facebook be any different?

As with any kind of relationships, I have pretty solid boundaries.