To you, is your fluther a collection of friends, alliances with other users or just a plain ole' list of people you follow?

They start as people who ask interesting questions or write intewresting responses. Many of then end up feeling like friends.

Honestly, a bit of everything. Some of the people in my Fluther I’ve grown very close to, and would consider them good friends. Others I may not personally be very close to, but they ask thoughtful questions or post interesting and amusing answers, so I like to follow them. And some others are in there because they added me first, and I wanted to be friendly in return.

I don’t use the My Fluther feature. I was on a social site before and had a lot of people get angry at me when I didn’t keep up enough contact. I have valid medical reasons but I don’t want to get into that situation again- it was very painful and hurt me deeply.

I always notice certain people’s questions and answers. I do follow people- just on the main board and not through a feature-button.

It is friends and people that offer valuable contributions. To be honest I don’t know who half of the people I added are or why I added them.

just a plain ole’ list of people i follow

It’s kinda random because I’m pretty lazy about adding people to my fluther. Generally, it’s people who I think are interesting, who’s profile I happen to look at, and if I’m in the mood to add somebody.

All of the above and some that I wonder how they got there???

I like to think most are friends. At the very least people i find interesting.

Good contributors and other shit.

I might add for random reasons; similar music taste, good quips, etc.

To me, my Fluther is 99% meaningless.
I never look at the questions in “Your Fluther”, I always browse “All”.
The only reason I have people on my fluther is for those days when I’m entirely out of energy and want to look at someone’s profile, so I can just click click click instead of typing out their usernames.

The people who I have in my fluther fit into 1 of 2 categories:
1) People from AIROW
2) People who added me to their Fluther, and I was feeling friendly enough (and energetic enough) to add them back.

I think of Fluther like going into a pub during a pub quiz. There will be a few who you’ll warm to and get along with and maybe say they are pals, a few who will always stay an arms length away and a few who won’t even talk to you. BUT all of them are interesting and have something to contribute at some point.

My list is purely reactive. If someone adds me to their list, I reciprocate. Most of them I know nothing about, I’m just being courteous. A few on my list are good acquaintences (I refrain from referiing to anyone as “friend”).

The site that I was previously associated with had a “friends list” function, but it operated my mutual consent. In the later stages of the “wars” on that site, I wiped my list and refused all requests. When my parachute landed here I had intended to follow the same policy, but found it was not possible.

I quickly ran into a number of people from the former site who made it clear to me that I was not welcome to put their name on my list. So I adopted this policy: add only if added first; In the rare instance that I might wish to add someone who has not added me, I ask first via PM.

The lists not being by mutual consent is one of the very,very few things that I find irritating here. The only thing my list represents is an echo of whoever had added me to their list. I don’t really use the list for any real purpose, I’m just showing courtesy to those who have added me to theirs.

If I were actually to use the list for any functional purpose, there would be less than a dozen names on it. +GQ

I have a few friends from AB and have been enjoying making more here.
I answer the questions that interest me. I like to speak with people that share my interest. I ask people to join my fluther if we appear to have similar in interest.

I tend to use it as a way of telling someone that I appreciate what they bring to Fluther. I don’t use it as a “follow” feature at all, and I don’t consider that I’ve formed any special alliance with that person.

To me Fluther is those who are willing to listen, a rare gem in modern culture.

Many of them are friends, some of them are acquaintances, others I find intriguing, and I just like stalking the rest of them. That last part is mostly facetious, to a point. I find it intellectually and socially motivating and stimulating to have a nice variety of eccentric, unique, and amiable Jellies in my Fluther. There’s always room for more and I’m always scouting for new prospects.

To be quite honest, I don’t really look at “my fluther” much. I answer whatever question I’m interested in regardless of who asked it… so the whole “my fluther” thing is just another way for me to give +2 lurve to a person I find deserving. XD

My fluther is people who’s questions and answers I really enjoy.

Oh, my “fluthery” thing?
It’s people I’ve had a personal chat with mainly rather than just add ing them for the sake of it.

I just add people to my fluther who add me to theirs. I don’t think I’ve ever added anyone to mine first.

I add people to my fluther because they said something that impressed me enough to make me want to add them.

I use the fluther, occasionally, to find someone quickly.

Most people in my fluther are people that came here from wis.dm but never really made it on Fluther and I have put a bunch of flutherers on there too…but I really have to feel something genuine for them…I have to feel an emotion, whether respect or liking…this morning I added ubersiren because I was impressed with her being open about wanting to help all creatures and then I randomly clicked on her picture and saw her warm face and her eyes and I just thought ‘she is so sweet!’ and added her to my fluther…the reasons vary for others