KIVAFriends have any impact on how much you loan?

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[Beowulf1965]

I've only just recently found Kiva and have just 1 loan out at the moment. I voted no simply because my lending right now is what I can afford.
As to should they (Kiva) promote the friends a bit better I'd say yes to that as I kinda found it by accident should maybe be a bit more displayed.

I like reading the posts from other lenders and might decide to lend to a certain person from one of their posts, but I wouldn't lend any more then I could afford at the time. So I guess my answer would have to be on the no side permanatly.

[jgbndaudio]

Hello,

I voted yes but for different reasons than most I've read. Although I like getting on loans with other KF's, I'm more inclined to support a loan where no one has loaned that has either Kiva friends as text or a link under their picture. My theory is that when the other people on that loan goto the loan page they see me there with a link to Kiva friends. In my mind they may find out about KF for the first time and then come check it out. I have no way of knowing if anyone has actually come to Kiva Friends because of that but that's my theory.

Scotty