>Apparently Facebook friends qualify to know everything there is about a person, *even if that friend is someone a person hardly really knows. It's weird, and not in a good way.

Yeah, telling people you hardly know your personal business is nuts. I don't think the people doing it would be so open without social media. The older generations were much more private. But I think the shiny object syndrome has taken over peoples minds.

That's an interesting viking quote. Being that they were warriors, I wonder if there was something lost in translation. I wonder if there's another meaning buried somewhere, like "keep your friends close and your enemies closer." Who knows.

First of all, I would like to say that even though I want to uninstall and delete my Facebook app, but I can't. There are many things involved in the university that uses Facebook streams. Anyway, I disagree with the quote as well. The quote says "a friend" meaning it is only one. That being said, is already false. I don't think we only have one friend though.
>A true friend, to me, is someone who listens without judgment but is honest with me; 

When you tell your story, your true friend must listen first until you finish. Then whatever he says about it must be true and helpful to you whether it is soothing or painful. There's no judgment but there is constructive criticism happens.
>I totally understand that a burden shared is a burden lessened, but I also believe a filter should be applied sometimes.

I'm a transparent person whether it is online or offline. But um, I only share stories with a certain friend(s) that they can relate to and will give me a substance opinion. In a way, that's how I filter my stories to people. 

Those social medias you speak of are very much shite and that's putting it mildly. They can be weaponized against someone as well so it's not particularly wise to put it all out there. It also opens up all your vulnerabilities to everyone to see, also not such a good idea. I think that people are so filled with apathy and they have no caution factor anymore so they just blurt out everything. 

There is a lot that I keep off Hive as well for similar reasons. 

As far as the quote goes, well it is not a very good idea but it also depends on your own interpretation of a friend. I, like you have quite a strict policy of who would classify as a friend and those that brandish the name I can count on one hand. I'm totally ok with that too as I don't feel the need to have loads of people in my circle. 

I would have loved to have been around in those days though to witness how their culture worked. Inspirational band of people! 

>Feel free to discuss your own experiences with friends and share information in the real world and on social networks.

I have very few friends Galen along this road I have met many people and I still do "circumstantial acquaintances" as I say friends only crossroads of the road.

Friends who accompany me, teach me, and entertain me, friends on this website who are good companions. They are all different... they bring a drop of learning and transformation.

I think two or three very personal intimate friends and they are many, and they are out of the country. So the distance interrupts what you sow, but the joy and excitement to see each other are still intact.

Among my good friends are almost always men because of their openness, honesty, trust, respect, and loyalty in the good times and the less good times with them, I have the best relationships... friends without rights (laughs). 

Currently, I do not give details of my personal life (intimacy), only the general what is good for me; it costs me a lot to expose my life on the networks, besides nobody cares and I much less than the stalker finding out my life.

Every day in our lives there are signs and tokens of affection everywhere, maybe we don't always notice it...but I know when a person walks beside me...then he is a good friend.

Receive my respect and admiration as always, Galen, with the best intentions.

There are some things you can't tell even your best friend. 


We don't know if what happened to your friend, who didn't know how to handle the information and walked away, will happen to him. 

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I probably have 2 or 3 friends who actually know a lot about me; yet, it's only a lot, not every little thing and detail. Even though my circle and network is huge, spreading out to different communities and countries, I still choose to stay very low-key. I'm not an introvert, not anymore at least, but I know when it's time to open my mouth and when to keep it shut. 

For now I'm on most social media platforms just to stay updated, to stay in touch with my loved ones and the people I care for, other than that these apps serve no purpose these days. These days social media is mostly filled with crap, the type of crap we'd be better off staying away from. So I'm trying to keep my social media activity as low as possible these days. 

Hive has surely taken up a lot of my time though, I never thought it would be that way when I first joined. The amount of time I spend on PeakD/Hive is astronomical compared to my social media history and usage, and I'm glad it worked out the way it did.

I agree on so many points, and I luckily barely know anyone who shares "too much" on Facebook as I am from a small Dutch village and people are pretty "normal".
But sometimes it makes me also sad outside of social media how little people talk about problems which are so common, but nobody talks about it so it seems to be rare. It is part of the fucking life but we are all pretending like those problems are not there. Sometimes I feel like it is better to accept the truth and talk about it and just accept it. Still not necessarily to spread the words on social media though.