Six degrees of separation (also referred to as the "Human Web") refers to the idea that, if a person is one step away from each person they know and two steps away from each person who is known by one of the people they know, then everyone is at most six steps away from any other person on Earth. -Wikipedia (look I'm sourcing!)
So now on to 2 degrees of separation. I REALLY believe that Asian Americans are all connected. All you have to do is spit out like a name, and I'm SURE someone can find some commonalities with you. Ok, maybe TWO names.
Which brings me to my next point...
Facebook.
The obvious course of action is that if someone Friends you on Facebook, the right thing to do is either Confirm them because you know them or have met them at least once in your life, or you can just choose to Ignore them. Now here is where it gets a bit tricky...
What if you look at their profile and notice that the person Friend-ing you has about 2 Mutual Friends? What do you do now?! For me, I look at the friends they have in common with me and hope that this can be the moment that jogs my memory. But what if it doesn't? Eugh!
So then I take a look at their pictures...and hopefully some of it is at least publicize so maybe if I can see them in their natural habitat, I can kind of see the type of group they belong to...and THEN perhaps I can remember them.
But what if that is another failed attempt? What do you do then because you might have met them before and didn't remember, and of course no one wants to be rude...
So then depending on the number of mutual friends, I press Confirm...
or...I just let the Friend Requests pile up and hope that one day I can remember.
Someone really needs to right an etiquette book on this one...I'm having trouble with all this Social Media stuff.
This 2 Degrees of separation is really just difficult.
PS: I REALLY apologize for those who I let sit for a while because I'm really trying to figure out who you are. Maybe if you can drop me a line, that would be GREAT. This whole Facebook thing is getting complicated.
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if you add someone and defriend them it doesnt notify them. works well for co-workers, bosses, and people you are not sure you know. if you want to be sure to cover your tracks, just block them. im not sure if thats good etiquette or not but perhaps one should not be friending everyone they ever met?
ReplyDeletemy friend requests have piled up to 81 pending requests haha
ReplyDeleteSometimes the simplest explaination is usually best. Maybe ppl send friend request not bc they are your friend but bc they would like to be your friend? That makes perfect since considering its called a "friend request," otherwise it would be called a friend acknowledgement for ppl who are already your friends. Haha interesting & awesome blog u have.
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