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The OP's system seems good, but the initial system, where the guy lists everyone he knows by A, B, C and D seems like he's creating informational toxic waste, I
by awkward 5y ago
The OP's system seems good, but the initial system, where the guy lists everyone he knows by A, B, C and D seems like he's creating informational toxic waste, IE something that causes damage if it gets out.
Even if all it means is they get less emails, who the hell wants to find themselves categorized as acquaintance level D.
- claaams 5y agoBut if you grind out friendship rep points you can pretty easily get to B tier. A tier takes finesse and finding their favorite gift.
- awkward 5y agoGoing to take a page from gaming and classify friends as Unobtanium, platinum, gold, silver.
- hallway_monitor 5y agoIt shouldn't be a surprise to anyone - if you talk to someone twice a year you wouldn't expect to be in their closest friends group. I can't imagine someone being offended by this as a mature adult.
- TameAntelope 5y agoYou could just remove the ranking system and store the intervals directly. Saying “this is someone I talk to annually” is not nearly as offensive as, “this is a rank D person.”
- avgcorrection 5y ago> Even if all it means is they get less emails, who the hell wants to find themselves categorized as acquaintance level D. If the feeling is mutual then that’s completely fine. The only problem is when there’s a mismatch. There might be people who get hurt when they find out that Peter, who they consider to be barely a friend, does in fact not consider them to be a best friend. But that sounds pathological.