I have a similar mentality about making online friends, with the exception to twitter and plurk. On other social networks, I will only add or except if I know who the person is on a more personal level (The least of this personal level being I met you at a conference, making up that 5% I don’t know that well). I refuse to do the limited profile also (I am who I am and if the fact that I like the Minnesota Twins really bothers someone, we probably aren’t a good fit). On twitter, I have been a bit more liberal with my following. I looked to follow anyone who could possible offer me some good insights on my industry and its happenings. I have pulled back on this practice some, but still feel it is valid for the microblogging platform.

For you Tamara, I would imagine you have a much tougher time sifting through the requests you receive (2450+ on twitter alone). That would be a full time job within itself

I actually wrote something about this a few months ago, and it still holds true today. My friendships online vary per social network, but I like that. Here’s the post with a detailed breakdown of how I network on LinkedIn, Facebook, Friendster (yup), and MySpace.