Should Large Social Networks Allow Folks to Distinguish Between Friends and Acquaintances?
There is a big difference between friends and family, and there is a big difference between true friends and acquaintances. And might I say that there is a big difference between those who “friend” you on your FaceBook or MySpace page, who you’ve never met, than an acquaintance that you have. If you belong to large social networks, then you probably know what I’m talking about, someone comes along and notes that you have similar hobbies, and similar life experiences, and perhaps you are aligned politically in some way, so they attempted to friend you. Rather than being antisocial, you allow them to become your friend, however you don’t even know if that is a real person, or very much about them other than what they have posted on their Facebook page. There have been situations where rapists, murderers, and degenerate criminals have attempted to friend unsuspecting folks. Then other friends see that they have “friended” other folks that they may know, and they become their friends as we
