http://louisgray.disqus.com/A Silicon Valley Blog for Early Adopters and Tech GeeksenThu, 08 Nov 2007 06:10:00 -0000http://blog.louisgray.com/2007/11/sending-me-spam-makes-us-friends-right.html#comment-429217415<p>Totally agreeing with your post here, Louis. We have already made a lot of friends on different social networks, so we don't need more social networks to make more friends. Furthermore, this friendship making process is turning into a spam festival for social networks. Every time you request a friendship, you are sending an email to another person.<br><br>I think the users should decide what they want to read, and what they don't want to read. In other words, the friendship should be asymmetric. Unless the content needs the other party's approval, there's no reason to make friends. Simply subscribe to your friends' blog, and that should be it :)<br><br>That's the design goal we had in mind when we build Spokeo. I think keeping in touch with friends does not necessarily mean to message every action to that person. Sometimes I just want to read my friends' stuff without bothering them.</p>twhmanThu, 08 Nov 2007 06:10:00 -0000