No, because you could add hundreds of friends without typing a single word on the site and still have a big activity/partecipation score.
https://blahtherapy.com/faq/
Well, its for avoiding "popularity contests" you know, those people that love to add friends randomly and arent interested in that.At least thats what i remember i readed on the faq of the website :)
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