Cuppa-Tea Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 I'm playing around with all the new stuff on the profile page. What is a "friend" in technical terms per the board? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 What is a "friend" in technical terms per the board?A person with whom you may wish to PM or email or chat with as well as post; a friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathieB Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 A person with whom you may wish to PM or email or chat with as well as post; a friend. But we can do that with anyone, friend or not. I'm with Christine ... not sure what the function of this feature is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuppa-Tea Posted February 7, 2007 Author Share Posted February 7, 2007 So how does making them a "friend" make it any easier to do those things... what is the point? Don't mean to sound snippy... I'm just confused! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuppa-Tea Posted February 7, 2007 Author Share Posted February 7, 2007 But we can do that with anyone, friend or not. I'm with Christine ... not sure what the function of this feature is. Other than accumulating as many people as possible to boost our egos, that is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minis On The Edge Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Have you ever wanted to PM a person and had a problem spelling there username? Like Holly, I like the feature because I don't have to do a massive search to spell the username correctly because it's already there. Also, in the blog section, you can have blogs that are only viewable to your friends listed (Or maybe that is a new gallery feature). I have not explored it enough yet but I am almost sure that are more other features of it. I know there are probably more but I'll let Dean mention them because he will know more accurately than me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesterfieldzoo Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 You can look at your friends list and see who is online instead of looking up their profiles individually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 You can look at your friends list and see who is online instead of looking up their profiles individually.Yes.had a problem spelling there username?In my case, it's REMEMBERING the username that gets to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuppa-Tea Posted February 7, 2007 Author Share Posted February 7, 2007 Have you ever wanted to PM a person and had a problem spelling there username?Usually not... I'm normally replying to something they posted and just click on the "pm" button under their name. But I can see how it would be useful. Also, in the blog section, you can have blogs that are only viewable to your friends listed I didn't know that. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini Man Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 I think the real improvement is the profile page… the friends list just helps you get there faster. As our forum continues to grow, some of you might only have time to keep up with a few select members. If you add these members to your friends list, you can quickly navigate to their profile page to see their latest topics, posts, gallery and blog entries. They are also added to what use to be your PM Buddy list so that you can quickly fire off a personal message to them. I also believe that it adds to the community aspect of forum and could lend itself to networking with other miniaturist. For instance, if KathieB is friends with IAK and I'm friends with KathieB, it would stand to reason that I might find IAK interesting too. So on learning this while reviewing Kathie's profile page, I might jump over the IAK's profile and review what she's been up to. After looking trough Irene's activity, I find that she has a beautiful Garfield Dollhouse manufactured by Greenleaf Dollhouses (yes, a shameless plug) which might just be the house I'm working on. While at her profile page, I might want to give Irene some encouragement, so I leave a comment in her profile. After Irene sees my comment, she might have a look at my profile as well and discover that we are both working on the same house. Anyway, you get where I'm going with this… it's just another way to explore the forum. I hope this made sense. I spent the whole day in a loss prevention audit from my insurance company covering important things like how often do we trim the weeds away from the building (even though it's below zero and there is a foot of snow on the ground). My brain is numb. Thanks! Dean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms. Mini Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Thanks Dean you explained it perfectly :groucho: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathieB Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 I hope this made sense. I spent the whole day in a loss prevention audit from my insurance company covering important things like how often do we trim the weeds away from the building (even though it's below zero and there is a foot of snow on the ground). My brain is numb. Thanks, Dean, it makes perfect sense. I'm in awe that you can be this coherent after a session with the insurance auditor. (I hope you sent him outside to measure the weeds ... hehehehehe) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesterfieldzoo Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 Gotta love networking... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAK Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 Gee Wiz Dean thanks for the nice "plugs" on my Garfield now go and rest your brain...weeds??????????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 Gee I feel like Gollum in Lord of the Rings - I have no friends...... :^( Anybody want to be my friend? I'm nice. I take showers. :no: Wolfie - friendless in Montana (LOL) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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