To all my Dear Gather Friends, Family, and Colleagues, I have created this topic in order to clear up my confusion with the friend, family, colleage system of choosing connections on Gather.
I have created a picture album to go with this article to let you know what my feelings are on the subject.
When someone asks me to connect to them as a Colleague I have to wonder
1 - Does this person have committment issues?
2- Does this person expect me to work with him/her? I am an aged woman on SSI/SSDI. I sell Tupperware (but not nearly enough of it to make a profit to help supplement my government income). I write on Gather for pleasure; but the idea of a gift certificate is also another way of what the government really thinks that I should be able to live on.
My pictures will serve as a guideline of sorts for anyone cosidering asking to connect with me. As you will see, from now on, if you choose to connect with me as a "colleague", I am going to Assume that means that you wish to become one of my Tupperware customers; and for that I want to thank you in advance. You are MUCH needed and very much appreciated. I can guarantee you, that I will treat you so well as a customer, you will be changing my status to that of "friend" in no time at all ~Donna
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That said, nice collectionof pictures.
Um... not that I need any...
You are hillarious, by the way.
As Shelley said, "I'm giving you a 10 just for mentioning it lol!"
1. I am funny about connecting with people. I dont connect to someone that I dont know unless it is as a Colleague. That is just the way I am. I also check people out before I connect with them. If you are into porn or somehting I do not connect with them. I check out the groups that they have joined and their profile. I know that is not what everyone does but it is the way I am.
2. It would be along way for you to drive to work with me....LOL
3. I am one of your customers........sorta LOL
Now I am off to check out your pictures
I think it's one of the most useless systems gather has, but I think it started because Gather wanted us to bring people in on our own. Presumably people we already knew.
Colleague works, because if you're here, and you've written something, you're a writer. You may not be a GOOD writer, but you're a writer.
Where is the picture of you???
You can have family sites on here that are only available to those you've chosen as family :)
I usually choose both friend and colleague just to make sure.
i am either accepted for who i am or else i am not.
there r alot of interesting people and interesting articles.
i enjoy different points of view. i enjoy a good sense of humor and love reading jokes, but i also read everything i have time to read. i try to answer anyone who comments on anything i post, but know that i miss some. i am not of a fan of people just being petty, but u take the good with the bad.
in short( and about time), your experience on gather is what u make of it.
Personally, I don't think that the term "friend" is forward at all. "To me" it implies, "you are someone that I would like to get to know better, you are someone that I would like to make smile, you are someone that makes me feel better when I read your words" - things of that nature.....now if "lover" was one of the options, yes, I agree fully - that would be a bit presumptious and forward. As I said, this wasn't meant to be a debate, just a bit of a funny and I am sorry if it brought out the worst of me to anyone ~Donna
Does selling tupperware mean that you no longer collect wooden spoons? You should write about them! AND show some pictures!
Also - I lost the hint about how to season the spoons.
that stuff about the SSI and SSDI is a little more then I would care to reveal, if you get my drift. As far as friends, colleagues, and family go, well, I've always thought of myself and everyone else as part of the human family; however, if there is one lesson I've had to learn the hard way over the years it's that it never works to try to be part of someone else's "conventional"(I'm sure you could define that term a lot better then me but I think eveyone knows what it means) family unit. So, much as I'd like to, I won't ask you to be accept me as a family member, but I'll risk asking to connect to you as a friend. By the way, I think you are only the second, maybe third person I have asked for a connection.