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[–] Mac@mander.xyz 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Many other good answers have already been spoken. Here's a thought:

Friendship ROI

[–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

ROI being like, if you put effort in are they going to ghost you? or what type of stat are you looking for on your ROI.

I feel like if I had to judge myself my ROI would be pretty low because I'm pretty anti social, but like that's not because I don't want to be friends or am a bad friend I wouldn't say, I just tend to stick to myself unless invited to stuff and hang out in closed groups. So I feel like context on the ROI matters.

[–] Natanael@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 days ago

If you make the emotional investment low the return can still be good