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[–] TheKillerRabbit 0 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Voat allows me anonymity. If friends came into play, things will turn into Facebook; all we would see is everyone's highlight reel. Not their true selves.

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[–] Renoco [S] 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

I don't think a highlight reel would be a good idea. But I do think just a friends list, with some basic features would be neat.

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[–] TheKillerRabbit 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago  (edited ago)

People would be able to look at your posts. That will definitely affect what they choose to put online.

We came to Voat because it promised us freedom in what we could post. A friends list would damage that freedom.

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[–] daneurl 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Why the hell would you want to turn Voat into the purile, boring turd that is facebook?

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[–] polyphomous 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Cannot agree more!

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[–] guy231 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago  (edited ago)

I like the native ability on reddit to highlight people by marking them as a friend. I use it to mark people who I've noticed consistently make interesting comments, so that I see more of their comments in comment-heavy submissions.

I don't want actual "social" features.

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[–] redheadedbastard 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Yeah. There were times I bumped into interesting people on the other board and I would tag them as a "friend" to keep tabs on them and see what they were up to. One guy I remember was from Venezuela and it was interesting to read his opinion on what was going on over there.

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[–] wolflink009 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Not a bad idea but its a bad idea for Voat IMO.

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[–] Renoco [S] 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

I feel like it could be done well, but it could also be done horrible and just be an issue.

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[–] wolflink009 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

The thing is I don't want people to see I'm online or be pressured to friend anyone. I absolutely hate when services (looking at you battle.net) don't let you remain unseen to others.

I think friend lists have their place but it just does not mesh with Voat very well at all.

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[–] polyphomous 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Obviously the majority will decide whether to add any friends lists/groups/circles here. My lonely opinion is as follows: the reason I came originally to Reddit was to have interesting discussions and hear opinions of others without any identifiers, filters, cliques (I don't care what gender, color, age, profession your are, just what your brain has to offer). When Reddit started to feel more like FB with the same "group think" I drifted here, and so far am quite happy.

Adding "let's be friends" feature in any form is distracting. We are all adults here, if we want to be friends beyond any given discussion in the comments I am sure we can all find a way.

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[–] GeminiK ago 

Nope. No way do I want one. In addition to the concerns skyway listed... I don't want to be reminded that I don't have friends. That's why I'm here in the first place.

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[–] missyaley ago 

Something like a favorites would be cool, add up to 5 people as "friends" meaning their posts show up on your main feed. So if you actually wanted to follow a friend irl you could, or if you liked a specific user's posts you would see more.

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[–] Mumberthrax ago 

I would like the ability to keep track of the people I think post cool or insightful things without having to bookmark them. Reddit's friends page was nice for that - if a little bit under-equipped in terms of features.

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[–] Nationalist 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

A page to view a list of recent comments from all your friends combined.

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[–] Renoco [S] ago 

That would interesting, or recently upvoted by just friends.

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[–] TexasComments 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

Yea ... that would be bad.

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