trugasCA
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California
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Message Posted: May 31, 2012 3:08:35 PM
When someone asks me to be a Buddy and doesn't say what the interest is .. l write them and ask why? l enjoy being buddies and looking at their pictures. Chatting also about similar interests.
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jferrara41
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Pennsylvania
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Message Posted: May 9, 2012 1:40:34 AM
How do we invite buddy's if we do not know them. I feel a little funny when anyone can invite anyone else. What kinds of conversations are you encouraging?
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putterstoy
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Texas
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Message Posted: Apr 28, 2012 7:41:02 AM
Your right plastic it does sound like a horror movie!
I'm not sure why ask someone to be your buddy if your NOT going to be buddys with them and just be a "Buddy Collectors"
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plastic
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Virginia
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Message Posted: Apr 18, 2012 10:51:39 AM
Yeah, putters. Some of us call them, "buddy collectors." Boy, it sounds like a horror movie! lol
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putterstoy
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Texas
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Message Posted: Apr 18, 2012 6:25:49 AM
I see some members only wont to see how many Buddys they can get. I dont see with the point is. How can they be Buddy with so many people? (As Gas Buddy said) The benefit of having a "buddy" is that you can talk back and forth.
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drunkhabib
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Message Posted: Apr 16, 2012 6:28:13 AM
so only my friends can see the girly pics i post
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kwzh
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San Jose
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Message Posted: Apr 15, 2012 5:05:54 AM
Before the current system was implemented, my early idea was to allow anybody to send a message to anybody else, but severely throttled: one message per sender per week. (Basically, just enough to say "Here's my email address; let's talk offline".)
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Gas_Buddy
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Message Posted: Apr 14, 2012 4:53:07 PM
CampKohler wrote:
"The sending of personal messages back and forth could be easily done without the need for the "buddy-making" step required at GB."
Agreed, however by having a "buddy" (or friend, or whatever you want to call it) program in place, a member can limit the amount of messages he/she receives, spam, etc.), allow the member to better control his/her mailbox/in-box. I can see your point, but I can also see other options.
[Edited by: Gas_Buddy at 4/14/2012 4:53:35 PM EST]
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CampKohler
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Message Posted: Apr 14, 2012 4:42:17 PM
Same here, but those I do request (usually because they are off the track in some manner) almost never reply.
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plastic
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Message Posted: Apr 14, 2012 8:42:59 AM
Yeah, the buddy collectors. Very odd. I accept anyone that sends me a BR but I rarely send a BR.
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dirt girl
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Message Posted: Apr 13, 2012 11:52:40 PM
I've never understood the need to collect buddies as some members do. Some of these people have over 1000 buddies....that's a bit crazy.
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CampKohler
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Message Posted: Apr 13, 2012 6:20:25 PM
The sending of personal messages back and forth could be easily done without the need for the "buddy-making" step required at GB.
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Gas_Buddy
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Message Posted: Apr 12, 2012 4:35:05 PM
The benefit of having a "buddy" is that you can talk back and forth about issues that you might not want to bring up in the general discussion topic. You can talk about personal issues, or you can clarify issues that are in the post, perhaps solving or clarifying disagreements. Or you could ask for more detail about an issue that you don't think anyone or everyone else cares about.
You can ask anyone to be your buddy, but, as said below, it's up to them to accept the buddy request. It's not uncommon that some members, as on Facebook or MySpace, etc., will ask others to be buddies for no apparent reason.
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CampKohler
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Message Posted: Apr 12, 2012 2:21:05 PM
Some people (of which I shall remain nameless) think the buddy idea is simply a needless complication. The purpose of it is to allow members to enable/disable communication with another member before communication begins. The other way to do it is simply to block any member for which you wish to discontinue communication after the fact. I can't see any advantage to the first method over the second. Maybe I'm missing something, but I prefer the latter.
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ziyulu
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Message Posted: Apr 12, 2012 7:52:41 AM
Of course! That's why the website is called "GasBuddy"!
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plastic
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Message Posted: Apr 12, 2012 12:34:43 AM
The only advantage to having a buddy is so you can send each other private messages. Also, people can hide their whiteboard and photo albums; making those things available only to their buddies.
You can ask anyone to be your buddy. They of course don't have to accept.
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