"Or maybe I don't really have any buddies...?"
Awwww......quit whimperin' !!!!!
Ya got all kinds a buddies......I think ( being a techno- peasant also, I could be wrong) that if they add you back, then all your names come up in some frilly color in the 'online at this time' listing, at the bottom of the main page......
Maybe some tech whiz-bang will show up & straighten us out on this.....?