Comments on: Maxed Out

By: Burbie52

Burbie52 — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 11:52:31 +0000

I don’t do Twitter at all, don’t really do Facebook either. Home is my connection place. Most of my list are Grey Gamers, then there are the people on the magazine. I have a few others who are old friends that fall into neither category as well. I have a maxed out list on one account and about 50 others besides on a second one , most of who are Grey gamers I have added so they can follow me when we meet publicly. I have meet all of them and interacted with all of them at meetings, though I don’t see them every week.
I believe that having a large club changes things a lot when it comes to this subject, and having a 100 limit forced me long ago to create a second account to handle the overflow. I would still love to have 200 limit for the club reason alone, it would make my life easier for sure. I think they have the limit for a reason though, probably a technical one, like the load time when you sign on would be much longer.
Nice read as always Ted.

By: LostRainbow

LostRainbow — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 23:27:43 +0000

Great article. My friend’s list is under 20 on the PSN. Everyone on my list is someone I have hung out with or interacted with. I used to add everyone who asked me but I would say a good portion of them were “trolls” that wanted to be my boyfriend (LOL) so I have since deleted and cleaned up my list. I rarely hang out in public places and like my small friends list. I am not opposed to adding more people to it, but as you said Ted, I would rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies. I don’t get to spend a lot of time on Home, so when I am on, I want to catch up with friends that I don’t get to hang out with in the real world and don’t get to see too often. As for Twitter, I probably have about 800 followers, but I don’t mind that at all. Anyway, great read!

By: FEMAELSTROM

FEMAELSTROM — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:33:55 +0000

At one time I sought to max out my list, but then I got smart about it. I add people that I have some connection to. I have a set that are Gray Gamers, this magazine and then a lot of people that are just separate friends. I, now would much rather have less friends that mean something. I recently went through a couple rounds of drops, and now I feel that my list more represents a list of friends, though there can be a few more drops, I will stay my cleaver for now. Great article Ted, made me think, and that’s rare.

By: SealWyf_

SealWyf_ — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:27:23 +0000

To some extent, yes. I have up to 31 as my Homeling MotherShip crew at any given time, plus the other 12 Generals, plus many of the Commanders and Subcommanders, plus most of the other HomeStation team writers and editors. And of course a number of people who are not affiliated with either of these groups. It does add up.

By: Skillz0811

Skillz0811 — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:48:43 +0000

that’s understandable, but do you actually keep in contact will all 100 people on your list?

By: SealWyf_

SealWyf_ — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:49:00 +0000

If you are involved with large Home clubs, the 100-person Friend List limit becomes cripplingly small.

By: KrazyFace

KrazyFace — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 07:30:10 +0000

I try to keep mine at a reasonable level, but the damn thing is like an unruly garden hedge, it just keeps sprouting extra bits you dont notice until it gets properly outta hand. I have general rules for my list based on my own age and the stuff I’m into; No one under 18 gets on and only regular Home users or people who know about games. That’s it really. Other than that I ain’t fussy. I do make exceptions from time to time depending on situation, and sometimes those decisions leave me scratching my head as to who someone is when I find a name that I’ve only ever spoken to briefly, then they fall into the 6 Month Hole, my last-resort rule where anyone inactive for this much time gets auto-deleted -- I’d say that’s extremely fair.

But yeah, I’m always at my limit usually where my list is concerned, but, even with around 90 odd people on it, I can tell you pretty much who everyone on there is, what they’re into etc.