Might I friend you so I can track what's up with this, and add thoughts?

Could I ask you to call connecting "to read" lists as something other than "friending"?

On LJ, if I friend someone, they can read my personal thoughts by clicking on my blog, and I can read their public thoughts on my friends list.
If they friend me back, it's mutual. That's poor design, to my thoughts.

I'd like to be able to set a connection at "read them", "let them read me" and so on types of levels of privacy, beyond what passes for filters here.

Thank you for considering my opinions.