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you mean removing the “Friending somebody” stuff and instead make only “Following somebody” ?

Yeah, why not ?

In the end, the people at a social network are usually not my “real” friends…..

I actually only have 2 or 3 “real” friends in life – how many real friends do you have ?

Thinking about this, gives me the conclusion that the idea of JJJ and Andy is the right one.

Lets replicate real life, instead of creating artificial behaviour……