Jimbog1964:
Does it make a potential difference to meter stability ? ( these days still ?) if you have more than a certain amount?
If you have a lot of active friends logging on and off, it may have some affect on game play. If you have noticed, every time a friend logs in or out, the list on the game screen is updated. It also auto updates at a regular rate. When this happens it causes the game to skip as it seems to use a lot of resources to update the screen. (I don't believe it is due to my computer, but will stand corrected if proven otherwise.)
The friends list on the game screen should be removed in my lowly opinion. If a player is already playing a game, invites and friend activity is not needed. There is always the profile page to follow friends. Thus eliminating one of the many factors (only WGT can fix this one, it's not a user error) causing meter stutter. Yes I know, most meter issues ARE on the user's end, but this is ONE that WGT can correct.
Had my say,
Good swinging.