In a certain anime, there is a famous line,

Well, first of all, could you please define "friend" to range from where to where?

And, well, so far, I think it's in the category of normal teenager's "philosophy".

I mean, if there is a teen who doesn't think about this much, I even think, 'She/He's probably not human being.

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What surprised me was when I knew that there was a system to define and register "friends".

For example,

"Friend request" on Facebook

I remember the shivers that went down my spine when I heard those words.

I was stunned to find out that, unbeknownst to me, the "friend" system had become a "contract" system consisting of requests and approvals.

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To think about marriage, it is also a contractual system, consisting of mutual application between two parties and approval by the state.

With that in mind, I thought that the "friend request" form of social networking sites would be a good idea.

Then I thought that if it is a "best friend", which is a rank above "friend", it could be approved by the state or even do blockchain authentication by a private service company.

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That's also one of the reasons I don't do social networking -- it's "weird" to be honest.

The words "friend request" is bad.

If it had been at least something like "peer (x pair) application", "entry", "name registration" -- I don't think I would have felt "weird" about it.