Honestly I joined Facebook to network with my friends as it is more user friendly than 'Friendster' (with all the questionnaire answers in your inbox) and I'm tired of figuring who is who ( I wrote about the weird nickname, lazy nickname and ridiculous nickname last year). Facebook at that time have people using their own name so it was easier for me to keep track.
But than time changes and Facebook become more and more business oriented and more people joined in. After a while you start to see a pattern on how your friends 'work'.
Below is an article published by Mentalfloss on the categories of Facebook friends. Personally I'm not sure on what category I'm in. I read updates on people, post on their walls occasionally, play games, complete those 'I'm not sure its true' survey, put links to video that attract my attention and upload pictures when I thinks it's nice. The type that annoys me...those who do networking because they are on some MLM scheme and wanted to search for gullible fools. The type who posted motivation on how to make more money by contacting them. (I deleted 3 of these annoying species on my Facebook)
So on what category do you think you belong to?
A) The Overzealous Updater -This is the friend who can’t go half a day without sharing What’s On His Mind. Honestly people. We really don’t need to know that you’ve just had your second shower of the day. For that matter, we didn’t need to hear about the first one either.
B) The Link-bot - This is the friend who does nothing but share links all day. Links to articles he’s read that he thinks the whole world should be reading, links to movie reviews, links to new games coming on the market, links to his Twitter page where he’s gone and posted 10 more links. There needs to be a limit. Some links are good, especially when they send people to this blog. But let’s impose a 2-link-max rule per day, what do you say?
C) The Groupie - This is the friend who has joined more groups than Marcia Brady did that one year in high school when she was overcommitted and frazzled. Asian Americans in Israel who Support Diplomacy with Iran? Really?
D) I Am My Kids - This is the friend who only uses Facebook to post photos of the little ones, or updates that read: “Tommy didn’t feel well today, so he stayed home from school.” Might as well not even have your own profile, just create one for the kid(s), no?
E) Spies (who used to) Like Us - This is the Ex who only friends you so s/he can spy on you and make sure you have fewer friends that s/he does, and that your new significant other is less attractive than s/he was.
F) The Wanna-Be - This is the person who friends someone with the great hope of becoming friends with that person in real life, be it a minor celeb, or just someone the Wanna-Be really admires from a slight distance.
G) The Two-facer - This is the friend who accepts your friend request just to be polite, but then Hides your updates immediately. Unfortunately, you have no idea who the two-facers are.
H) The Networker - This is the friend whose main purpose on Facebook is to build a list he can tap when he needs to for work/career. You know these friends because they only message you with e-mails that read “So you still over at Viacom?”
I) The Over Poker - No need to explain this one, right?
J) The Get-A-Lifer -This is the hardcore friend who has nothing better to do but subscribe and follow you via SMS.
K) The Attention Seeker - *This is the friend who posts status updates that are purposely vague, and therefore beg for a comment. Their status is all about getting you to respond, getting attention, getting sympathy. “Lori is scared, but hopes everything works out…” [*sent to me by my friend Dawn, who is definitely an M... see below]
L) The Over Suggester - Just stop. Okay? Let me figure out who I want to be friends with, okay? Honestly.
M) The Good Friend - This is the friend who mercifully doesn’t fit in any of the above categories and is, hopefully, just one of many normal, average facebookers you’ve friended. Let’s hear it for the Good Friend!
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather is one of those things that give value to survival. - C. S. Lewis
L) The Over Suggester - Just stop. Okay? Let me figure out who I want to be friends with, okay? Honestly.
M) The Good Friend - This is the friend who mercifully doesn’t fit in any of the above categories and is, hopefully, just one of many normal, average facebookers you’ve friended. Let’s hear it for the Good Friend!
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather is one of those things that give value to survival. - C. S. Lewis
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