Friending is the act of adding someone to a list of `friends` on a social networking service.{sfn|Abram|Pearlman|2012|p=91}{sfn|Drucker|Gumpert|Cohen|2010|p=73} The notion does not necessarily involve the concept of friendship.{#tag:ref|The transitive use of the verb `friend` to mean `befriend` is listed as an archaism in the Oxford Dictiona...
• (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Friend • (n.) Friendliness.
Friend'ing noun Friendliness. [ Obsolete] Shak. 
the act of making and adding friends online through social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace