Mike,

Not as clearcut as it may initially appear:

http://www.thelegalblotter.com/shear-on-social-media-law-the-legal- definition-of-a-facebook-friend

or, in short form: http://xrl.us/bhog8g

Art -------- On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 14:11:45 -0400, Mike Zdeb <msz03@ALBANY.EDU> wrote:

>hi ... http://www.despair.com/somevedi.html > >"Friend is a NOUN." >Mike Zdeb the social disease maven > >> Ah, the difficult choices these daze: >> >> FaceBook >> or >> LinkedIn >> >> I am getting many friend requests >> and recommendations >> on FB. >> >> -- leave it to a software program to take (friends-of friends) >> to the N-th degree -- >> >> Here is a politely civil (PC) reminder: >> >> Q: How many is too many? >> >> A: FB: 5,000 >> >> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/30/fashion/30FACEBOOK.html >> >> see also Dunbar's Numbers for size of groups: 50, 150, 300 >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar%27s_number >> >> for the record: >> got to have a picture for me to friend you >> >> "Ah, yes, a face to go w/the e-mail address!" >> >> Ron Fehd the social networking maven >>