Cruise Critic has added "Friends"

[Waihekean]

I have 4 friends that have been added to my statistics. One makes sense as it is a NZ poster. Hi Kiwi Cruizer!, but there are 3 others that I do not know. I think it is great that I have these "Friends" on CC, but have absolutely no idea what to do with this.

 

Can anyone enlighten me what the idea behind it is?

[6rugrats]

You had to have accepted the friend request for them to be listed. It really seems to be a somewhat useless feature, unless you like collecting names.

 

Info here:

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1386029

[akeasley]

Maybe it's like Facebook where people just randomly add friends to make it look like they are really popular....I do think you have to accept them as friends before they can become friends.

[Dayenu]

I tried to figure out... and one of the "hall monitors" tried to explain. Have 2 friends I think, haven't checked for long time. Never got any notifications or anything from them. Looks like just a formality.

[iheartbda]

As a couple have already said, you have to accept a request for someone to be listed as a friend, unless there is some strange CC glitch.

 

OP, there are a couple of people around that do seem to want nothing more than collect names.;) If you are 100% positive that you did not accept a request, you can always contact CC and inquire about it.

[Cruisin' Chick]

This friends thing has been around for at least a few years, but apparently those behind this website haven't seem to establish any kind of function for this.

[Krazy Kruizers]

This is not a new feature.

I have no idea what CC had in mind when they set up this "friend" thing.

[Keith1010]

This feature has been around for years and you do have to click to accept them.

 

Keith

[Putterdude]

It's been around for sometime. I am reluctant to accept friends as some have said on other threads that this can prove to be a problem.

[Waihekean]

Thanks all for your replies, but it seems no one knows what the function is exactly for:o.

 

I did accept the KiwiCruizer request and that was a while ago. But the 3 others just appeared recently as confirmed without a request.

[beachbum53]

Nearest thing I can figure is, it means someone likes some (or most) of the things you've posted, and thinks pretty much the same way you do. Too bad there isn't some sort of private message feature on here. It could be helpful if you wanted to ask a person questions about a specific cruise without having several other people chiming in.

[Langley Cruisers]

Too bad there isn't some sort of private message feature on here...

 

Oh my goodness, that would be awful. Can you imagine how heated and abusive PM's would get? Just look at the board and what some people post in public... I don't even want to imagine what some would say in private. Ugh. :(

 

On topic, we have one friend listed and it is a couple whom we know personally. We do not accept friends we do not know; agree with those who say it's rather a useless feature, but it's not a big deal to just ignore it. :)

[paul929207]

Since it makes no difference, I accept any friend requests I get here on CC

[Azulann]

I am also on Trip Advisor and it has the private email message service.

I love it.

You can ask someone something very specific about their review,trip, etc.

It shows up in your personal email as "private message", and then you go to TA and reply.

 

I have been using it for years without a problem.

I wish CC would do the same. In fact I tell people on my roll call that they can email through TA and I use the same moniker.

[maryann ns]

I do exactly the same thing and it has proved very useful.