I'm glad that these friends have spoken up, because I was starting to feel a little passed over by random-frienders. Hell, I even have "friending everyone who steals this interest" listed as one of my interests (though it seems to generate a little bit of self-regulation, as there don't seem to be very many people who are willing to risk it becoming a popular interest and making their flist completely unmanageable; in fact, I've had it for a few years now, and it's still only been stolen by one person).