# What does being a "friend" on SDMB entail? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 12, 2012, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-being-a-friend-on-sdmb-entail/637482 "2012-10-12T02:52:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-being-a-friend-on-sdmb-entail/637482/41 "2012-10-18T03:02:59Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > Being friends on this message board is a completely meaningless platitude. It offers no real benefit. It is, at best, a very convoluted user-wide “like” button, being friends with someone is akin to saying “I enjoy engaging with you in conversation, and like your posts.” I extended a friend request to the OP for similar reasons to RNATB, but then saw later that RNATB beat me to it. I’m still open to being friends with Senegoid, though, he has some really cool posts in math and comp sci threads. I wish I had known all this before I gave up my kidney. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-being-a-friend-on-sdmb-entail/637482/42 "2012-10-18T04:00:16Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I wish I had known all this before I gave up my kidney. ☹ At least I said “Thank you”.. -D/a ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-being-a-friend-on-sdmb-entail/637482/43 "2012-10-18T04:45:41Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > At least I said “Thank you”.. > -D/a You weren’t supposed to eat it, though.:dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-being-a-friend-on-sdmb-entail/637482/44 "2012-10-19T01:26:12Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > You weren’t supposed to eat it, though.:dubious: What..I was supposed to let the Mojo sauce go unused? -D/a ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-being-a-friend-on-sdmb-entail/637482/45 "2012-10-20T21:39:06Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > What..I was supposed to let the Mojo sauce go unused? Of course not! Do whatever it takes to get your Mojo risin’. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2012, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-being-a-friend-on-sdmb-entail/637482/46 "2012-10-21T14:12:36Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > I see that Cecil has only 6 friends. I’m betting he must have had many more friend requests so I have to ask, apart from our own dear **Una** , of whom it’s quite needless to ask the question, what’s so special about: > > **Chez Guevara** > **Fear Itself** > **Antigen** > **MadPansy64** > **jali** > > Or did they just catch Cecil on a good day? I think you got it. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-being-a-friend-on-sdmb-entail/637482/47 "2012-10-21T14:59:25Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Can somebody splain to me what being a “friend” on SDMB means? What happens when somebody friends somebody, that doesn’t happen otherwise? As others have said, not much, but if someone is your SDMB friend then you’re always only a few clicks away from their profile, which in turn makes it easy to see their posts and what thread they’ve started. So if there’s someone whose writing you really enjoy, being their SDMB friend would help you to keep up with their posts without having to go through the search interface. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-being-a-friend-on-sdmb-entail/637482.md?page=2)