Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-30891950-20170220013204/@comment-31028364-20170220161645

Hi Mamas,

When I accept a new friend, I visit first and send a welcome present in the form of a CI. Then I notate on my spreadsheet what I sent and when I accepted them. With the exception of my friends on this forum, I let them sit at the end of my list until they have earned the right to have a Red Star. I learned this technique from TexGal and it's a good way to track real friends who take our gifts seriously.

It seems that after my Red Queen takes on the challenge of reviewing the list and determines whose head should roll, then my waiting room starts to fill up. It seems to me that the computer realizes that changes have occurred and when someone requests new friends on the "Invite" tab Watson sends them off to players' waiting rooms.

As to the gifts, etc. I tend to wait a bit because the server might have been hiccuping like I wrote yesterday and give these players the benefit of the doubt - but only for a few days. I also take into account that they may have taken ill (like I did a week ago) or had to go out of town for some reason. There could be numerous reasons. I've found too that if I persist in visiting them for 2 days in a row, they generally show up again. (See what I mean) If they don't move in their levels, etc. then Queenie comes back and cleans house. I just cleaned house and am down to my gifting limit. After all this is very serious business. Right? (hee hee)

Hugs to you all.