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  • Sandee replied on the discussion topic What do you call your "Friends?"
    Thanks. So Matt, you're saying there are no real "Best Practices" - whatever works for your group is "best."  Kanha - you feel Friends should ALWAYS be reciprocal? (Buddies is a good word, too:) Under what circumstances would you want to turn... view reply
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  • Sandee replied on the discussion topic What do you call your "Friends?"
    Thanks! But I remember seeing some comments once, one person said he'd renamed Friends to Contacts, one had another idea... But I can't remember what the original post was about and can't find it. To me there are pros and cons to both words,... view reply
  • Sandee added a new discussion topic What do you call your "Friends?" in the group General Discussion
    Hi! I'm still figuring all this out, and have a question for you all: On your site(s), what do you call your "Friends?" Did you switch to "Following/Followers?" "Collegues?" Something else? Do you require confirmation, or reciprocal...
    • Friends = when persons add one another by mutual consent. It can be called friends or buddies or anything, best left to be decided by site admin with a configurable/editable name

      Following = is basically not by mutual consent, though I may disallow  following in total or cancel or allow someone following me

      Friends = Friends (Facebook) = Circles (Google Plus) usually can be regrouped into various subgroups like relatives, batchmates, office workers etc which is visible only to me
      On the other hand Followers may not have such grouping system.
       

    • Thanks. So Matt, you're saying there are no real "Best Practices" - whatever works for your group is "best." 

      Kanha - you feel Friends should ALWAYS be reciprocal? (Buddies is a good word, too:) Under what circumstances would you want to turn off the concept of Following/Friends? Do you mean as an Admin, or as a User? As much as I agonize over this relationship thing, I wouldn't want to do away with it! 

      Ah, Friends. Can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em.

      I too have found, in explaining Elgg, that the Google Circles analogy is more easily understood than comparing it to FB or Twitter.

      Thanks again for your input! I appreciate your help & time!

    • I use them as contacts in a contactbook (with friend request) and I use Matt's following plugin next to it to 'just' follow them.

  • Sandee replied on the discussion topic Fake users registration attack
    RJCalifornia, when you say your solution is "kinda extreme," do you mean, in terms of development? To the USER, I imagine it working almost the same as a regular registration. They click Register, they are taken to a place where they can... view reply
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  • Sandee replied on the discussion topic new anti spam technique
    iionly -- i only worry that annoying the valid users, on a site just getting off the ground, is a kiss of death. On the other hand, having a site full of spammy posts is probably worse. Rodolfo, I liked your idea of ... We redirected the... view reply
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