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by shaunakd

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Hi, I am new to TechRepublic.
Can you inform me how to find peers/friends?

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by 93961

This is a Technical Forum.
You can Ask Questions about your Problems or Answer/Reply to Questions asked by others about their Problems or Start Discussions or Give Feedback/Reply to Discussions AND browse through for White Papers, Blogs, Downloads, Photos, Videos, Webcasts, Software, etc (all Technical). But can't make friends.
Anyhow you add a user you like to your contacts. Browse the site and you will learn slowly but steadily.

by .martin.

4am in whichever timezone TR is in

(if anybody knew, I would appreciate that knowledge)

by tig2

Many of us have become friends beyond the site. Otherwise, your answer is excellent.

It is possible our new peer thought that we are similar to a social networking site.

by santeewelding

MehulBhai is as wrong as wrong can be.

"Stuffed shirt" is, maybe, an old expression, one which for its heritage may escape our friend, but, nevertheless, holds completely as far as I am concerned.

Bhai: retrench.

by purpleskys

hang out for a while...give feedback on discussion topics and answer questions...in time, folks may add you

by 93961

PurpleSkys is right. Somebody may add you also to their contacts. :-)

by purpleskys

keep in mind i'm not the least bit offended...but I'm a "she" ;) . I know, hard to tell from my profile pic of Sidney Crosby :)

by gadgetgirl

tell her this is your sandbox, she's not allowed.

tell her she has to be at least 30 to join

tell her.... anything you like, just don't let her do it!!

take it from me - my daughter is on here. Infrequently, thank goodness, but when she was active, I had to tone down and be "Mum-ish" in my own playground!

not good. not good.

Good luck Ed. May the force be with you

;)

GG

oh, and Happy New Year!

by tig2

Are we supposed to keep your secrets if your kid signs up? Changing your name might help but maybe even that drastic step won't save you.

This could be bad, man.

by ron k.

If you're looking for peers/friends that are already at TR you can go to this page and search for them by their TR username. https://www.techrepublic.com.com/5236-1-0.html
The Search function won't find people by their email address or given name like Facebook does, it'll only find their TR name or people with the particular interests which is kind of useless, if you ask me.

by charliespencer

shaunakd, do you think TR is similar to a social network? While many of us use it that way, it's more a case of having evolved that way than one of being designed as such. You won't find many of the tools available on more conventional social sites.

by charliespencer

While TR HQ is in Looeyville, I recall the servers are in a CNET farm somewhere in SoCal. I don't remember exactly where.

by spc_tcol

I think my screen is to small anyway to see your profile picture.
As soon as I get an 48 inch screen I will comment your picture.

by spc_tcol

With repeating this question more then ones you will not make so much friends.

Maybe you should go to FB....

by shellbot

ok..right then..anyone on here that i call a friend..you are no longer friends..

i wish i would have had this info years ago when i started out on there.. would have saved a lot of time being nice to people ]:)

by rookietech

shell you cant do this arent we being a little bit rational :( BFF what happened to that. hmph no other choice now . . . . . "Im Comin Elizabeth" :P

by shellbot

thought ye forgot all about that..you not been around for ages!

well..i'll have to check the TR rule book..if we allowed to have friends, then its all good..
:D

by dmambo

If you get the answer, please post for all to see.

(Oh, boo-hoo-hoo-hoo. What is WRONG with me??)

by ed woychowsky

I'm just over the river from New Jersey, most of the people in this area are Eagles fans. Personally I'm not big on football, though I do watch the Superbowl for the commercials.

by ed woychowsky

Have you been talking with my daughter?

I definitely need to talk her out of signing up, because she'll let all of my dark secrets out. :O

by charliespencer

But if I had a daughter, I wouldn't let her anywhere near this den of iniquity. She might decide to follow the example of those of our female members with questionable moral standards.

(Yeah, I know; females don't have 'members'.)

by oz_media

Just talk to people, be yourself and don't try to be who you think people WANT you to be. There's a lot to say for being yourself.

by benwild

I'm trying to do this also. Hang around share your knowledge, offer help,
and it takes time

by oz_media

If you are yourself, some people will hate you and some people will love you. Making friends is not a sales job.

If you are yourself and some people don't like you, then you know who not to hang out with. If you are yourself and people like you, they will often become true friends as you are not playing a game. If you are yourself, the only problem is when others are pretending who they are not in order to be your friend, but the reality surfaces quite fast.

In the end, if you are sociable inviting and simply be yourself, meeting new friends is actually quit effortless.

It's like the whole romantic relationship issue. You can hunt and try to find your match and date all you like, but you are most likely to have the best relationship and meet your ideal match when you least expect it and aren't trying to make it happen.

Reflecting back on sales, customers usually sense when you are not being real. So if you are trying too hard, you won't succeed.

Don't try, just be you, then it's much more pleasing and relationships last a lot longer.

by shellbot

because of some of the "friends" i've picked up on here..my FB page is way way worse than my daughters ever is...

shocking..truly shocking..

by nexs

Don't worry, I don't have any friends either...

If you're friends with yourself (like I am!) You can talk to yourself and be happy!

Haha

Who needs friends when you have coca cola?
(sales pitch?) haha

by jamesrl

If you want to make a friend, be a friend.

Try and be helpful to here if you have something to share.

James

by tig2

Is to find like minded people with whom you share interests and experience. You will find them slowly as this is not a social networking site but more focused on technology and discussions about technology- although you will find discussions on other subjects.

Find people whose interests you share and get to know them. Some will be in your home country, others will be in other places. In participating in discussions and questions, you will find people you might want to reach out to via peer messaging. Go slowly and make yourself publicly known first as some people do not care to receive private mail from people they don't know.

Enjoy TR. It has a great deal to offer.

by rookietech

cuz then you could like a secret agent ed woychowsky agent 007 and be ed on your off days lol

by santeewelding

I had to google that, despite my Germanic, Swedish, English, and American Indian heritage, reaching back into the very primeval.

Numbskull that I am.

Of which I am reminded here daily by the likes of yourself.

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