Watch the Friends Video Tutorial!

When you com across an interesting person—maybe you share common interests, maybe you find their blog interesting—you can choose to make that person your friend. The process is simple.

• Once you’re on the person’s profile, you’ll see a link to the left of the page that says, “Add to your friends list.”

• When you click this link, the person will be notified that you’ve requested to be their friend the next time they log in. You have the choice to simply send the standard request, or to make a comment to that person that will be sent along with the request. If you’d like to just send the standard request, just click the “Submit Friend Request” Button. Otherwise you can fill out the “Personal Note” field to give an extra warm hello to your new friend.

• When somebody Friend Requests you, you’ll notice on your profile that there is a “Pending” link under “Friendships” in the left navigation. You can click on that link to see who’s requested your friendship, and whom you’ve sent requests to.

• Here, you can see any personal note that the person has left for you, and you have the choice whether or not you want to become friends with that person.

• Once you click “Approve,” you can click on “My Friends” in the left navigation to see that they’ve been added to your friends list. You will also be added to their friend list.

• If at any point, you want to remove this person, as your friend, you can always click the “Remove this Friend” link. And click again on the confirmation. This will not only remove them from your friends list, but remove you from theirs.

And it’s that simple to make new friends. Now you can always go to your friends list to check in on that person to see what new and exciting things are going on in their lives. When you sign up for the site, I’ll be your first friend automatically, so don’t be a stranger. Feel free to say hi anytime. I look forward to hearing from you.