# Buddy Lists

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buddy-lists/97503>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [March 11, 2002, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buddy-lists/97503 "2002-03-11T05:05:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buddy-lists/97503/1 "2002-03-11T05:05:51Z")

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I like the new Buddy Lists a lot and it’s good to be able to see whether your friends are online, but I could also see how they could be used for eeeeeeeeeeeevil… is there a way to see who has added you to their buddy list, or a a way to block people from adding you to their buddy list?

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**Author:** ![BooBoo316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@BooBoo316](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BooBoo316)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buddy-lists/97503/2 "2002-03-11T05:40:01Z")

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::putting **Francesca** on his Buddy List just to annoy her::

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**Author:** ![Redboss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8baadc/32.png) [@Redboss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redboss)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buddy-lists/97503/3 "2002-03-11T05:44:58Z")

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Well I want to put you on my buddy list, dear, missed, **franch-baby**!!

However, this could get a little like high school couldn’t it?

"Well, if you refuse to acknowledge the palestinian’s right to a homeland, then **you’re OFF my buddy list!!**"

And these being the boards they are, I think we could use a “I hate you” list as well.

hehehehe  
Redboss

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**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buddy-lists/97503/4 "2002-03-11T10:21:36Z")

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Well, there’s always the “ignore” list, **Red**.

I’m already shaking my head at the potential for playground antics. Do we really _need_ to make special lists to identify who our bestest friends and worstest enemies are? Isn’t “ignoring” going to lead to all kinds of non-sequiteur threads, with the result that you have to piece together what the ignored member said anyway?

On the other hand, maybe I’m just a curmudgeon old before his time who hates change. Unlikely as this may seem, I’m not ruling it out as a possibility.

Nah.

pan