We have a verse in our holy book, The Qur’an, can’t help but to bring it up (and think about it) after reading the article, and I am not the type who would drag religion into a conversation.. unless provoked.. but hey! Friendship! And here, it is overwhelming!).

Qur’an -- Surat Al-Ĥujurāt (The Rooms), verse 13: “O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of God is the most righteous of you. Indeed, God is Knowing and Acquainted.”

Yes, we are all from Adam and Eve.. made into many peoples and nations.. God states clearly the reason for such outcome, (became nations and tribes), is that we would come to know each other, and hopefully to become friends.. good friends..

I think it’s big.. =)

SONY should increase the limit.. I haven’t maxed out yet.. but I don’t know what I would do if that happened..

Anyhow, currently I keep a small notebook with me whenever I log in, I write bits and pieces about any person I meet and add after a good long chat: like age, place, background, work, interests/hobbies, likes/dislikes.. so, even if I ended up deleting someone one day, I’ll know who they were if I had to add them again.. =)

Lovely article Dlyrius!

I guess the biggest problem here is calling the list a “friends” list. It should be called an acquaintance list. Much like Home, in real life I meet people very easily, but unlike Home making it to my real friends list isn’t a willy nilly selection. My Home list really is a revolving door because of the gifting tour adds, temp adds I do to help folks, and the ones that make the list for club activities etc. The true friends on both my real and Home lists know who they are

I’m in agreement with the posters that said they only add people unless they really see a future as friends. I’m not sure what number my FL is at but I know it’s not (or ever will be) maxed out. I like to give my full attention to what friends I have, spreading yourself thin can be good for keeping the distance (and therefor avoiding sad times) but I’m an all-or-nothin’ kinda person for the most part. Sure there are people on my list I don’t see that often, but they still get my full attention when required. As for the delete criteria, I’ll give you just over 6 months of inactivity on PSN before you get the boot.

Nice read as always Dlyrius.