# What uses do you put your Buddy's List to? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 11, 2005, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-uses-do-you-put-your-buddys-list-to/311959 "2005-07-11T07:21:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-uses-do-you-put-your-buddys-list-to/311959/1 "2005-07-11T07:21:35Z")
You can add names to it, but what functions does it perform for you? ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-uses-do-you-put-your-buddys-list-to/311959/2 "2005-07-11T08:55:10Z")
Global domination. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-uses-do-you-put-your-buddys-list-to/311959/3 "2005-07-11T10:16:36Z")
Keeps me company. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-uses-do-you-put-your-buddys-list-to/311959/4 "2005-07-11T10:18:12Z")
Keeps me warm at night. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-uses-do-you-put-your-buddys-list-to/311959/5 "2005-07-11T12:33:24Z")
Stays crunchy in milk. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-uses-do-you-put-your-buddys-list-to/311959/6 "2005-07-12T01:43:06Z")
I knew all that, but what can one do with those names one adds to the list under ‘User CP’? Is it in practice as ineffectual as the ‘Ignore List’? ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-uses-do-you-put-your-buddys-list-to/311959/7 "2005-07-12T07:38:29Z")
You can open it up to see who’s online. You can click the links in the buddy list popup to go quickly to a person’s profile. And from there, you can choose to view “all posts by this user” or “all threads started by this user” – sorted by most recent posts first. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-uses-do-you-put-your-buddys-list-to/311959/8 "2005-07-12T08:27:27Z")
Much obliged, I’m sure. Useful if you want to get the timing of a new thread or a post right, if you’ve got someone in mind to respond or even just read it. You’re on now. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-uses-do-you-put-your-buddys-list-to/311959/9 "2005-07-12T10:58:26Z")
Off to **ATMB**. ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-uses-do-you-put-your-buddys-list-to/311959/10 "2005-07-12T11:54:16Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > I knew all that, but what can one do with those names one adds to the list under ‘User CP’? Sell 'em to spammers. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-uses-do-you-put-your-buddys-list-to/311959/11 "2005-07-12T15:37:17Z")
> [@Monstre](#): > > You can open it up to see who’s online. > You can click the links in the buddy list popup to go quickly to a person’s profile. And from there, you can choose to view “all posts by this user” or “all threads started by this user” – sorted by most recent posts first. Knowing **Monstre** , I am really impressed that everyone else had a funny/sarcastic answer, and \*\*\*Monstre \* \*\* was the only one with a serious answer. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-uses-do-you-put-your-buddys-list-to/311959/12 "2005-07-12T18:11:05Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Knowing **Monstre** , I am really impressed that everyone else had a funny/sarcastic answer, and \*\*\*Monstre \* \*\* was the only one with a serious answer. Heh heh. I suppose my buddy list might also allow me more easily to cyberstalk **Anaamika**. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-uses-do-you-put-your-buddys-list-to/311959/13 "2005-07-12T18:57:54Z")
I’ve been feeling rather insecure, so I tried to add myself to my own buddy list, but the system won’t let me. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-uses-do-you-put-your-buddys-list-to/311959/14 "2005-07-13T01:41:50Z")
> [@Monstre](#): > > > [@Anaamika](#): > > > > Knowing **Monstre** , I am really impressed that everyone else had a funny/sarcastic answer, and **Monstre** was the only one with a serious answer. > > I suppose my buddy list might also allow me more easily to cyberstalk **Anaamika**. 😉 I thought the comments, even the predictable ones, were very good too. Just so long as they remember they’re not in GQ, lest they feel the full force of the jackboot. Re stalking, I wondered in my early days on the board when I seemed to attract a few “Number One” fans of the Cathy Bates variety how they were managing it. But, **Anaamika** , it still doesn’t tell you whether a poster’s male or female, does it? ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-uses-do-you-put-your-buddys-list-to/311959/15 "2005-07-13T02:06:35Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > But, **Anaamika** , it still doesn’t tell you whether a poster’s male or female, does it? I have no clue as I don’t actually use the Buddy List! But the beauty of the Dope, IMO, is that it’s perfectly OK to stalk either sex. I mean, we’re all about the intelligence and wit here \*first \* as opposed to looks & sexuality, right? ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-uses-do-you-put-your-buddys-list-to/311959/16 "2005-07-13T02:21:38Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I have no clue as I don’t actually use the Buddy List! But the beauty of the Dope, IMO, is that it’s perfectly OK to stalk either sex. I mean, we’re all about the intelligence and wit here \*first \* as opposed to looks & sexuality, right? No… ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-uses-do-you-put-your-buddys-list-to/311959/17 "2005-07-13T03:28:49Z")
> [@ZebraShaSha](#): > > No… Ok… ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-uses-do-you-put-your-buddys-list-to/311959/18 "2005-07-13T05:04:12Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > But, **Anaamika** , it still doesn’t tell you whether a poster’s male or female, does it? Not unless they list it in their profile. ---
**Author:** ![Liz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/liz/32/17737_2.png) [@Liz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liz)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-uses-do-you-put-your-buddys-list-to/311959/19 "2005-07-13T05:34:48Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > I’ve been feeling rather insecure, so I tried to add myself to my own buddy list, but the system won’t let me. ☹ My man, it hates you so much it wouldn’t let **me** add you. **Now** you can feel insecure. Ok, ok, to be fair it won’t add anyone, because I’m on my gaming machine and it’s wrecked all to hell with viruses and Trojans and whatnot. ---
**Author:** ![Sarah\_Woodruff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Sarah\_Woodruff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarah_Woodruff)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-uses-do-you-put-your-buddys-list-to/311959/20 "2005-07-13T08:09:56Z")
People who are enlightened enough to support marriage to dogs in cheerleaders outfits go on _my_ buddy list. Hi, Anastasaeon!