To me - a buddy at least has to talk to me. Buddy isn’t a status that is simply handed out...it is bestowed. We email. Maybe we talk. We make plans for an outing for scuba talk or scuba actual. We follow through on scuba talk and hopefully ensure there is a scuba actual. You make the list.
An ex-girlfriend of mine on this site actually moved me down a catagory when we broke it off. We still talk but I was no longer a top-tier friend. While I won’t move you down if call of a bar meet-up I will say that you have to achieve buddy status on my list.
Like I said - I put more faith in bubbles (until I break down and by my CCR). The DIR group in Atlanta talks about diving. I didn’t join because I actually want to GO diving.