On friends... it is not necessarily bad to "collect friend". Note that I have put that quotes so speaking very broadly. For example, kids in a team sport will friend each other. They know how to friend each other but it is not really intuitive to unfriend someone or takes more time that adding a friend. If a "friend" posts something you disagree with you can easily move on to the next post. But if that statement were made verbally you might reconsider the friendship? Don't quote me on this, but FB needs friends, if only from an advertising and marketing perspective. Otherwise their reach is not as a large as desired.
But the same group of friends who played that team sport, some of these might actually develop into friendships, even if not intended. So that could be seen as a plus.
Last comment... think there are also different levels of friendship compared to when I was MUCH younger. I could count the number of the families on my hand my parents would invite over for dinner. There were other who you would see periodically and call them friends. There are others you know who you would not give the time of day to. And somewhere in the middle are acquaintances. Some people who refer to me as a friend, I might see at some level as an acquaintances. It is a bit like the honesty question (/thread). At the same time, these are people who (appear to) genuinely care about what happens to me, and ask me or check on me as to how I am going.
If only to make my life "easier" I would broadcast on FB about having depression etc. But I would also be afraid for the feedback I might receive (from non-believers in MI) and those same (my) statements might come back to haunt me years later either - whether by banks, insurers, employers, "friends" or whoever gets access to those posts.
As much as I say, only post what you would actually tell someone, even then I am somewhat hesitant.
Tim
