3 Classifications Of Your Social Media Friends

In social media, there are lots of people who tune in to you and your content. All of them are valuable, no doubt about that, because they are the steam to your engine. But it is important that you learn to classify them as followers, friends, or family because you’ll need to know who’ll be there to back you up in the end.

Let’s classify the 3 different audiences you’ll be getting:

Followers are the people who frequent your site. Some of them give comments, some don’t.
Friends are the people who come in to your site to share their two cents worth of ideas into the table.
Family are people who you’re sure to stick with you no matter what happens to the site.

Be not mistaken as to take followers for granted because they can eventually evolve into friends, and further along the line, turn into family.

It is unavoidable that people will add you as a friend in any kind of social media platform. Now whether or not you add them back will depend on what you plan to achieve. If you’re after a sheer volume of “friends”, then by all means, add them all up. But if you’re looking for people who bring something to the table, then you’ll be more selective in choosing who to accept and add back as a friend and who not to.

Some people make the mistake of just accepting anybody and everybody who clicks the add as friend button in hopes of building a bigger list of friends. A lot of people do this under the misconception that having a mile-long list of strangers in the network makes them popular.

Also, some people make the mistake of thinking online friends are real-life friends. They can eventually move into that level, but it wouldn’t be right to assume that they’re immediately real-life friends just because you’ve established some degree of interaction on the Internet.

So, what kind of people do you keep on your social media circle: Followers? Friends? Family?

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Rob Angeles

Yay! Hello Misty! Yes, we've been buddies since we started in Twitter and I've seen how your influence spread in the social sphere. You're doing great and do things right.

And Yes, you still owe me an article LOL! Well, I know how busy you are but my living room here is always open for you. Kudos Misty and catch you later!

Misty Belardo

As always, good post my friend. I know I owe you an article.. back to your post, I think I am one that is very fortunate to have developed friendships and to some extent have become members of their families bec. of my interaction with them on a daily basis. Might be hard for you to believe but in my case it is quiet true. I guess you can call me an exemption to the rule. But as I have said I am just fortunate to have known so many people from different cultures and backgrounds and have learned so much from them. I guess engaging and helping out with a genuine concern is key. Thanks for sharing.. Good job as always.