Here’s a great post on the 5 Levels of Social Media Relationships.
Learn the difference between:
the Jedi
the iBestfriend
the Buddy
the e-quaintance
and the Link-lover
They are all represented in my friend list and they all have their purpose.
This is a great way to look at social relationships online, especially for marketers who sometimes get too hung up on whether that last person they approved as a friend on Facebook is really ever going to be the kind of friend that pushes them out of the way of oncoming traffic.
They aren’t. You are never going to meet them. Recognize them for the friend that they are and get on with your work!