# Ain't It Good To Know You've Got A Friend? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 26, 2019, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-it-good-to-know-youve-got-a-friend/836100 "2019-06-26T15:05:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2019, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-it-good-to-know-youve-got-a-friend/836100/21 "2019-06-29T09:21:26Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > I suppose I have about 4 or so on my friends list (after 20 years here that says a lot!) It just signifies to me - and hopefully them- that we are genuine friends. They’re probably all dead though. I just checked and all seem to be above the surface of the planet except the one who joined in April 1999. She posted a total of 74 times in 20 years and all those posts seem to have gone. Hope she is still okay. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2019, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-it-good-to-know-youve-got-a-friend/836100/22 "2019-07-01T00:35:06Z")
I believe I lost two to the Grim Reaper although I don’t recall for sure if they died before or after we noticed the feature. Both were true friends though and rarely does a week go by that I don’t have some memory of them even if its just “I wonder if ---- saw that post?” I may have asked this before but whenever someone becomes officially dead (IE - the SDMB is notified and confirms it) do they disappear from the list of friends? Their posts remain (and I can name two reasons I know this 😉 ) but I don’t know if there is some other form of account closure. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-it-good-to-know-youve-got-a-friend/836100/23 "2019-12-11T15:37:24Z")
1. Hey! Inigo actually used the search function _before_ posting! 2. Sarcasm doesn’t translate well in a written format. 3. Dopers are a sarcastic bunch 4. Epstein didn’t kill himself 5. The “friend” function is a sort of nudge away from chagrin when it is unclear whether a post is snarkyattacky or sarcasticfriendly. There are a handful of folks here who get generous interpretations of their posts because they’ve let me know in advance they don’t consider me a pointless dickweed _all the time_. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-it-good-to-know-youve-got-a-friend/836100/24 "2019-12-11T16:13:37Z")
Sometimes I think ALL my friends have been imaginary. - Uncle Max (Calvin & Hobbes) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-it-good-to-know-youve-got-a-friend/836100/25 "2019-12-11T16:16:25Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Sometimes I think ALL my friends have been imaginary. - Uncle Max (Calvin & Hobbes) On the internet, they are. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-it-good-to-know-youve-got-a-friend/836100/26 "2019-12-11T16:17:27Z")
Say it ain’t so, fish! ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-it-good-to-know-youve-got-a-friend/836100/27 "2019-12-11T17:44:20Z")
I know **I** am. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-it-good-to-know-youve-got-a-friend/836100/28 "2019-12-11T17:53:33Z")
The median number of friends a Facebook user has is 200. > **[Do You Have Too Many Facebook Friends?](https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/do-you-have-too-many-facebook-friends/)** > > The average Facebook user now has about 338 friends, though the median number is quite a bit lower: 200. This means that while half of all Facebook users have 200 \[…\] Any guess as to what is this for Straight Dope [for regular posters]? 3? In other words this forum attracts mostly near hermits… ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-it-good-to-know-youve-got-a-friend/836100/29 "2019-12-11T17:57:27Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I know **I** am. Who said that? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-it-good-to-know-youve-got-a-friend/836100/30 "2019-12-11T18:06:01Z")
You did. I couldn’t possibly have. I don’t exist. I’m basically a reverse solipsist. ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-it-good-to-know-youve-got-a-friend/836100/31 "2019-12-11T18:15:21Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > The median number of friends a Facebook user has is 200. > [Do You Have Too Many Facebook Friends? - Big Think](https://bigthink.com/praxis/do-you-have-too-many-facebook-friends) > > Any guess as to what is this for Straight Dope [for regular posters]? 3? > > In other words this forum attracts mostly near hermits… If everyone I went to high school with shows up here, I’m leaving. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-it-good-to-know-youve-got-a-friend/836100/32 "2019-12-11T18:30:15Z")
Hey! I like my friends list. You guys on my list, Did you get your “sooper, seekrit” big Christmas gift from me ? Oh, you didn’t? Be patient it’s on its way:D I swear! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-it-good-to-know-youve-got-a-friend/836100.md?page=1)