A little experiment [Archive]

azoomm

04-26-2010, 10:03 AM

I'm in a statistics class - blech - and for that class I have a project. Most of the other people are doing actual surveys. And, I thought about doing something like it. But, did a little extra work to prove a point to my daughter.

I created an account on Facebook, pictures of other people - chose another location - just an alter-ego. And, added people from who Facebook recommended. 50 women, 50 men. RANDOM people. I'm now tracking to see who accepts the friend request.

The first 10 took 14 minutes. Pictures of their children, where they live, what possessions they have... I shouldn't be shocked. But...

CrazyKell

04-26-2010, 10:04 AM

I constantly get requests from people I don't even know.

I'm pretty trigger happy with that ignore button though. If I don't know them....ignore!

Porkchop

04-26-2010, 10:27 AM

I constantly get requests from people I don't even know.

I'm pretty trigger happy with that ignore button though. If I don't know them....ignore!

Bingo. If I don't have more than 3-5 friends in common.... bye!

skiergirl

04-26-2010, 10:31 AM

I don't always just write them off because I don't know their name. I know a lot of people by screen names or from riding and never heard their last name before Facebook, so I'll look for mutual friends first then check out their info and pics. If I don't know them and they haven't sent a message explaining who they are they get ignored.

I have people I play those stupid games with and don't know but they almost always send the request asking to be added for that game and they are regulated to a restricted group with limited access to my profile...no pics and no info given to them.

CrazyKell

04-26-2010, 10:33 AM

Well ya I check to see if we have mutual friends and maybe I just didn't know their last name.

But honestly I get requests from people that I have NO mutual friends with and have no clue how I could ever know them. I always wonder why they're friend requesting me in the first place.

Particle Man

04-26-2010, 10:41 AM

I constantly get requests from people I don't even know.

I'm pretty trigger happy with that ignore button though. If I don't know them....ignore!

same here.

People from places like here are good about including their screen names in the comments of the request

azoomm

04-26-2010, 11:12 AM

Bingo. If I don't have more than 3-5 friends in common.... bye!

You know, I just had another 10 within the last hour. Two of them have written on the wall "Hey, great to see you!" and "Wow, glad you found me, how have you been?" I'm so confused :lol:

The funny thing - if I get even one person, their friends will EASILY accept. I got one, then the next 9 were all mutual friends with the first. Mutual friends doesn't mean shit.

I have a high school, a university [one on one coast, one on the other]. ONE picture. It's all pretty non-descript.

Krabill

04-26-2010, 11:26 AM

I went to school with or ride with every single person on my friends list. If I don't know you, you're getting the ignore button.

MILK

04-26-2010, 04:14 PM

You know, I just had another 10 within the last hour. Two of them have written on the wall "Hey, great to see you!" and "Wow, glad you found me, how have you been?" I'm so confused :lol:
.

What the hell?? :lmao:

KSGregman

04-26-2010, 04:47 PM

I had 26 friends on Facebook before I de-activated my account....all people that I know personally either through riding or work. It quickly became apparent that it was pointless as none of us are the "air your life on the internet through words and pictures" kind of people....so most of us de-activated our accounts. :lmao:

I've never understood the people with 500+ "friends"....with every single thing they ever thought and every photograph that includes them posted to the Net. It's gotta be driven by some kind of hyper narcissim or something. *shrug*

azoomm

04-26-2010, 05:16 PM

:lol: Someone just sent "me" a friend request.

Tsunami

04-26-2010, 05:41 PM

I don't understand when people have 500+ friends and then have their phone numbers, addresses, resume, etc on their profile. Call me paranoid but I just don't want all my personal info out there.

CrazyKell

04-26-2010, 05:46 PM

I don't understand when people have 500+ friends and then have their phone numbers, addresses, resume, etc on their profile. Call me paranoid but I just don't want all my personal info out there.

One of my buddies has over 1000 "friends" on Facebook. He's a popular guy but at over 1000 you have to wonder how many he really knows.

Tsunami

04-26-2010, 05:56 PM

One of my buddies has over 1000 "friends" on Facebook. He's a popular guy but at over 1000 you have to wonder how many he really knows.

Makes me wonder how people even get that many friends. I mean do they walk around handing out their facebook business cards??

The only people I haven't met on my friends list are just some of you CF/TWF people and even they are people I have an online relationship with.

Rangerscott

04-26-2010, 06:34 PM

I see it dumb but you also have to see it as just saying Hi or waving at a stranger while walking down the street. Ya, there are people on there that are just going for a higher number but I also see it as politeness. Why not say Hi to someone you dont know? Are you wanting people to not communicate with you? Plus, its a lot easier to be friend or de-friend someone you don't know. Especially if you never have to see them in person.

You can always be like Kept Jordy the third grader.

racedoll

04-26-2010, 10:03 PM

I went to school with or ride with every single person on my friends list. If I don't know you, you're getting the ignore button.

Same here with the exception of a few of your guys on here, but I hope that at some point or another I will meet you IRL.

Makes me wonder how people even get that many friends. I mean do they walk around handing out their facebook business cards??

The only people I haven't met on my friends list are just some of you CF/TWF people and even they are people I have an online relationship with.

The bold made me :lol:

azoomm

04-26-2010, 10:12 PM

Yes, but this is cracking me up.... I expected people to randomly add and say yes. But, I didn't expect people to request to add me [2 so far] and comments of "How long has it been??" :lol:

Me: "Hey, YOU! It seems like forever!"

askmrjesus

04-26-2010, 10:13 PM

"On Facebook" has replaced "In Bed" in fortune cookies.

"She thinks you're a great guy" , (On Facebook)

"You will have a wonderful life", (On Facebook)

"You have many friends", (On Facebook)

JC

t-homo

04-26-2010, 10:26 PM

I have 752 friends on facebook after a weed out of all of the people I didn't know. High school/college friends, motorcycle friends, family friends, etc.

ericr

04-26-2010, 10:43 PM

Are you wanting people to not communicate with you?

For the most part...yeah :)

Cass

04-27-2010, 12:06 PM

I have a guy friend who will "friend" anyone he meets IRL. Like... pulls out his iphone on the spot and finds them and sends the request. Srsly.

I'm like most of y'all... if I don't know you, you're not on my list. I have moto folks, HS folks, work folks, and locals (current and previous city) .... those are my 4 major categories of people on my FB list. I don't have all my ish out there... it's still the internet, I'm sure there's plenty about me out there if someone's THAT curious. Handouts not required :lol

Captain Morgan

04-27-2010, 12:46 PM

I only have 138 "friends" on there, but know every one of them, either through school (and actually remember them), here, poker, military, work or some other way from real life. I deny requests if I don't know the person.

Rangerscott

04-27-2010, 01:04 PM

Well. Being in the porn industry I have quite a bit of friends. I hold on to them just i need an extra in a shoot.

Avatard

04-27-2010, 03:42 PM

"On Facebook" has replaced "In Bed" in fortune cookies.

"She thinks you're a great guy" , (On Facebook)

"You will have a wonderful life", (On Facebook)

"You have many friends", (On Facebook)

JC

Brilliant!

:lmao:

z06boy

04-27-2010, 04:28 PM

Well. Being in the porn industry I have quite a bit of friends. I hold on to them just i need an extra in a shoot.

Pm sent :rofl:

Tmall

04-27-2010, 04:44 PM

I have over 500 friends on there and I know them all. YMMV.

I have two-three people on there that I've never met. Crazykell, Karl and Flexin.

There's not a person on my list who I wouldn't feel comfortable calling up and having a conversation.

racedoll

04-27-2010, 05:52 PM

I'm like most of y'all... if I don't know you, you're not on my list. I have moto folks, HS folks, work folks, and locals (current and previous city) .... those are my 4 major categories of people on my FB list. I don't have all my ish out there... it's still the internet, I'm sure there's plenty about me out there if someone's THAT curious. Handouts not required :lol

I deny anyone from work. It is none of their damn business, plus I see them every flipping day.

azoomm

04-27-2010, 06:10 PM

I deny anyone from work. It is none of their damn business, plus I see them every flipping day.

I block my wall for people outside my bubble.

Fake girl now has 45 friends :lol:

I created a competing profile of a man - all information is the same [birth date, location, quotes, profile stuff, friends requested] except, he has no high school or university noted AND his employer is named as McDonalds. The results aren't shocking.

She has 45/110 so far.
He has 1/110 :lol:

EpyonXero

04-27-2010, 07:45 PM

I went to school with or ride with every single person on my friends list. If I don't know you, you're getting the ignore button.

Same. I think I might have 1 or 2 people on my list that I havent hung out with in real life.

Phenix_Rider

04-27-2010, 07:48 PM

I block my wall for people outside my bubble.

Fake girl now has 45 friends :lol:

I created a competing profile of a man - all information is the same [birth date, location, quotes, profile stuff, friends requested] except, he has no high school or university noted AND his employer is named as McDonalds. The results aren't shocking.

She has 45/110 so far.
He has 1/110 :lol:

That's beginning to sound like a very interesting paper. You could pull from that data for damn near any class you take.

ericr

04-27-2010, 10:04 PM

Here's something fun you could do too Moira...find everyone in your class and add them with ur fake profiles...see how many of them add "you" :D

racedoll

04-27-2010, 10:37 PM

I block my wall for people outside my bubble.

Fake girl now has 45 friends :lol:

I created a competing profile of a man - all information is the same [birth date, location, quotes, profile stuff, friends requested] except, he has no high school or university noted AND his employer is named as McDonalds. The results aren't shocking.

She has 45/110 so far.
He has 1/110 :lol:

I believe I have everything blocked unless you are a friend.

This is going to be a very interesting survey. Would be great to hear what facebook or whomever would say about your results.

Rangerscott

04-27-2010, 10:47 PM

Facebook's evolution

Facebook -- TMIbook -- Pornbook

azoomm

04-27-2010, 11:10 PM

Here's something fun you could do too Moira...find everyone in your class and add them with ur fake profiles...see how many of them add "you" :D

Ooooooo, good call :lol:

Cass

04-28-2010, 02:35 PM

Ok, so after catching up on this thread earlier... I get a completely random message on FB from a female ... "Thought I would say hello haven't talked to you in a very long time :) How are you doing?"

:confused:

Picture not familiar... the only profile information is the Info tab, and all it talks about is how she's a Zumba trainer and other fitnessy stuff.

:confused:

So I ask how she knows me... she says a party at my house several years ago. This kinda clicks to me, but seriously... you were at my house once, YEARS ago... and now you message me on facebook out of the clear blue sky??

Does not compute. But for a minute there, I thought it might've been Moira fucking with me :lol

MILK

04-28-2010, 04:45 PM

She would never do that.

:lmao:

Cass

04-28-2010, 05:39 PM

She would never do that.

:lmao:

:lol

CrazyKell

04-28-2010, 08:03 PM

I deny anyone from work. It is none of their damn business, plus I see them every flipping day.

I recently did this too after a co-worker got a little too FB happy. So everyone from work got deleted.

Rider

04-29-2010, 08:08 AM

I don't ever get friend requests from people I don't know. I do however get friend requests from people I do know and I reject their request. Fuck people, I don't need them.

z06boy

04-29-2010, 09:34 AM

Fake girl now has 45 friends :lol:

:lol: I only recently joined FB myself but I think I only have 43 or so friends. Freakin' fake hussy !! :rofl: :rofl:

azoomm

04-29-2010, 09:51 AM

:lol: I only recently joined FB myself but I think I only have 43 or so friends. Freakin' fake hussy !! :rofl: :rofl:

She's kicking your ass - she now has over 50.

Poor sad guy has only 5. WHAT?? No one wants to be friends with a guy that works at McDonalds?

marko138

04-29-2010, 09:51 AM

I don't ever get friend requests from people I don't know. I do however get friend requests from people I do know and I reject their request. Fuck people, I don't need them.
Same here. I get a lot of requests from jag offs I went to high school with. No thanks. I didn't like these people in HS and I dont like them now. PASS.

Rider

04-29-2010, 09:52 AM

She's kicking your ass - she now has over 50.

Poor sad guy has only 5. WHAT?? No one wants to be friends with a guy that works at McDonalds?

Post a clevage pic, I bet she ends up with over 1000 friends.

marko138

04-29-2010, 09:58 AM

Post a clevage pic, I bet she ends up with over 1000 friends.
Winner.

azoomm

04-29-2010, 10:10 AM

Post a clevage pic, I bet she ends up with over 1000 friends.

While it would make it an even more interesting social experiment. I have all the numbers I need right now for my project. That just adds another component and complicates the numbers...

I did have two of my classmates accept her yesterday :lol:

z06boy

04-29-2010, 10:34 AM

Post a clevage pic, I bet she ends up with over 1000 friends.

:lol: True but it's like any motorcycle/car forum I belong to as well. A new guy can introduce himself or ask a question and it's usually crickets chirping or some wiseazz remarks for a while and then he may get a few decent responses.

A new female can join the same forum and next thing you know it's up to page 10. :lol:

Krabill

04-29-2010, 10:37 AM

Well, if your project is complete, now is the time to have some fun with her :lol:

Cass

04-29-2010, 10:52 AM

She's kicking your ass - she now has over 50.

Poor sad guy has only 5. WHAT?? No one wants to be friends with a guy that works at McDonalds?

Should've made the chick HAWT and working at McD's... bet she'd still have more friends than the guy... "dumb but hot? no ambition?? AWESOME"

z06boy

04-29-2010, 11:16 AM

Should've made the chick HAWT and working at McD's... bet she'd still have more friends than the guy... "dumb but hot? no ambition?? AWESOME"

...with daddy issues. :rofl:

marko138

04-29-2010, 11:19 AM

...with daddy issues. :rofl:
Isn't that all of them?

Phenix_Rider

04-29-2010, 12:15 PM

Isn't that all of them?

The ones I've dated anyway :lol:

Well, the one had "mommy issues" but that's a whole different ballgame...

Flexin

04-29-2010, 06:20 PM

ericr

04-29-2010, 09:53 PM

I did have two of my classmates accept her yesterday :lol:

I knew you'd get some! :lol: I'd keep her going on the class just to see how many will add her :p

jtemple

04-30-2010, 08:09 AM

I have two photos on my Facebook page, my email address, my birthday (without the year) and my name. That's it.

I use it to keep in touch with the guys I served in the Navy with and a few high school friends. I'm VERY selective of who I add to my friends.

z06boy

04-30-2010, 11:12 AM

She's kicking your ass - she now has over 50.

Yeah but what's her ebay rating ? :rofl:

MILK

04-30-2010, 01:49 PM

I just ignored a former co-worker today! :lol:

Rider

04-30-2010, 01:52 PM

I hate it when friends suggest that I add someone. When that happens I have a good mind to remove said friend. If I wanted to add them, they'd be on my list already.

z06boy

04-30-2010, 02:45 PM

Just had a girl I've never heard of hit me up to be friends...clicked on her name and this popped up. :lol:

http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/v227/200/68/n100001042419924_9217.jpg

Rider

04-30-2010, 02:46 PM

Just had a girl I've never heard of hit me up to be friends...clicked on her name and this popped up. :lol:

http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/v227/200/68/n100001042419924_9217.jpg

Spam.

z06boy

04-30-2010, 02:48 PM

Spam.

Yep...that's why I :lol:.

Kaneman

04-30-2010, 03:24 PM

Spam.

Spam Herpes.

t-homo

04-30-2010, 03:53 PM

Spam Herpes.

The gift that keeps on giving.

racedoll

04-30-2010, 08:16 PM

It's probably azoomm's made up friend requesting to be friends with you guys.

Cutty72

05-01-2010, 07:52 AM

Yeah, I think it was her that tried it on me... I ignored dat bitch!

azoomm

05-01-2010, 09:19 AM

Yeah, I think it was her that tried it on me... I ignored dat bitch!

No, shes not that hot.... she's very average.

Cutty72

05-01-2010, 10:33 AM

No, shes not that hot.... she's very average.

It wasn't the same pic posted as above. I guess I would have called her above average, but not spectacular.

and she only had 53 friends, so it fit the profile :lol:

azoomm

05-01-2010, 12:40 PM

:lol:

I think too many people are comfortable with ALL their information out there for the world to see.

azoomm

05-03-2010, 10:44 AM

OK final numbers today -

Becky - 110 added, 55 accepted, 3 requested. 27 women, 28 men - 3 requests were from women. Only one person sent a message asking who she is, then did not accept when it was clear they didn't know each other. 3 have posted on her wall as if they know, or at least once did know, each other.

Brad - 110 SAME people added, 7 accepted, 0 requested. One has sent messages but, after she accepted. She seems to be hitting on him. No one from class has added him.

t-homo

05-03-2010, 11:04 AM

lmao at the difference.

Phenix_Rider

05-03-2010, 08:13 PM