Was your friend a member or a previous applicant?
Full disclosure: I was born in Fayetteville, and grew up in a handful of towns just south of there, so I have a homer bias on this one. You have 6 total posts, all here in this topic, and mostly bumps. Also, though not completely, your age will bias against you some. Any more chatter added to other conversations, even another applicant's post, or more details about your game style / personality / entertainment choices / etc., something that 'sells' us not just that you won't be a threat to grief, but that adding you might actually be a benefit to the overall community here, would be most helpful. You don't have to be as outgoing as Bam or Wolf#2, as some great members are quieter, like Ori or Zigs or Stacy. But there has to be a 'reason' to add you (and in place of some other applicant), not just the absence of any reason 'not' to.
Neither.
I am not necessarily quiet, i just assumed that because of the "Validating" status i am not allowed to post in the forums. However i don't really post anyways so you are right about that. I do see how it comes into play. I guess i could go ahead and post more if that is what you need.