Having friends on MQL5: The positives

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How have you benefited from having friends on mql5? I find it weird that people ask to be friends but after you become friends, you never discuss anything trading or EA related, never share ideas, never encourage or seek encouragement. I find people on this forum to be 1000x more important than friends on your MQL5 profile.
 
Samuel Mkandawire:
How have you benefited from having friends on mql5? I find it weird that people ask to be friends but after you become friends, you never discuss anything trading or EA related, never share ideas, never encourage or seek encouragement. I find people on this forum to be 1000x more important than friends on your MQL5 profile.
If you post valuable utilities in the CodeBase and help traders meaningfully in the Forum, that is simply the way that it goes─traders instantly Friend up. I can't even tell you how many traders that I have helped and brainstormed with via Messages. "New-to-me" utilities are brought to my attention by other traders as well. And then there's joint coding, testing, etc. I'm not on any permanent "team," but that's the beauty of it. Anyone can Friend anyone else.
 
Ryan L Johnson #:
If you post valuable utilities in the CodeBase and help traders meaningfully in the Forum, that is simply the way that it goes─traders instantly Friend up. I can't even tell you how many traders that I have helped and brainstormed with via Messages. "New-to-me" utilities are brought to my attention by other traders as well. And then there's joint coding, testing, etc. I'm not on any permanent "team," but that's the beauty of it. Anyone can Friend anyone else.
Brilliant! 
 
Samuel Mkandawire:
How have you benefited from having friends on mql5? I find it weird that people ask to be friends but after you become friends, you never discuss anything trading or EA related, never share ideas, never encourage or seek encouragement. I find people on this forum to be 1000x more important than friends on your MQL5 profile.
That's exactly why I barely add anyone on MQL5 even though I get tons of friend requests. I think I only have around 200 people added,. And most of them are developers from the marketplace so I can monitor their products, updates, and how they react when market conditions change.

Other than that, the whole "friends" system on MQL5 is pretty pointless.

Plus once you reach a certain level of experience, you stop looking for validation or random conversations from people there anyway. Most users disappear the moment you try discussing real trading, risk management, optimization, or EA logic.

MQL5 isn't really a social platform. It's a business ecosystem. People are there to sell, buy, test, promote, or protect their edge. That's why forum discussions are usually far more valuable than having a giant friends list full of silent accounts.
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