What do you do when someone you don't know adds you?

November 9, 2010 6:48pm CST
I'm sure most people on Facebook have plenty of facebook friends who they have never met but share the same interests. What do you do when you find a friend request and you don't know the person?. I look at their profile and then usually add them. What do you do?
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13 responses
• Indonesia
10 Nov 10
I will look at their profile first. Some time i think i don't know some one, but when i check their profile i realize im wrong. Usually it happened to an old friend. Their face has changed a bit, and they use their nick name ( or their real name which i don;t know since i always call them by their nick name ). If i know them, then i will approve it. Otherwise i reject it. But i always approve facebook adds for my blog facebook account since i need as many reader i can get.
13 Nov 10
Basically we organised gigs for local bands at a venue in our town. It was mostly Rock. We had a good response from fans going to see these bands but the venue closed and we haven't found anywhere to start again yet.
10 Nov 10
That's a good point there, I had a Music Promotion thing going with a friend and we had a page on Facebook and we added people we didn't know just for exposure.
• Indonesia
11 Nov 10
Yes, anyway, what kind of music is that? Did you make a band and record it and put it on facebook fan. So how the people react with your facebook fan? Did they like it, not like it, or there is no response at all. How many member is your band? Thanks for the reply.
@archon309 (404)
• Philippines
10 Nov 10
First of all, I don't put more personal information than necessary in a social networking site. At least I post only what other people, that I don't know, really need to see. So when someone I don't know adds me, first, I check their profile. If I find something fishy on their profile, like it contains only one photo of an attractive person (in my case I have always received request from accounts with a photo of an attractive woman). And also I check out the other people in his/her friends list how he/she interact with them. If think the account is fishy I don't add him/her. In case I wanted to find out more about that person, I will add him/her, and I'll check his/her account. If I find something fishy, I delete him/her from my account. The important thing is don't put too much personal info in a social network site, like your personal e-mail, phone number, home address and the likes.
11 Nov 10
I don't have a problem with putting all the information up as you can set the controls so only certain people can see all your details.
• Philippines
12 Nov 10
The thing is, I'm using social networking sites to promote my blog, so I don't mind if people I don't know add me. Since, I post only information that is needed to be shown, strangers are more than welcome to add me. :)
@silentwill (1685)
• Philippines
10 Nov 10
When I get that on Facebook, I decline the request if I'm sure I don't know the person. If we have lots of common friends, I leave the request pending until I get to be sure. Here on mylo though, I don't really know anyone, so if I get a request, I accept it. Because I'm sure that would be the way for me and that someone I don't know get to know each other.
11 Nov 10
I sometimes send a message to the user to ask why they added me and then I add them, that's if I don't know them.
• Philippines
10 Nov 10
I usually just check their profile and if it's for real, i add them up but if the profile looks forged or whatever, i don't. There are people there that just wants to prank other people or even molest other users.
11 Nov 10
Agreed, You can usually tell though if they are up to no good.
10 Nov 10
yes we do have strangers in facebook sometimes but for me if I don't know the person and I haven't interact with them yet or haven't talk to them.I'll make sure first that they are true friend for the person we have in the facebook was the entire family and friends which we already know so we have to protect that kind of stuffs because someone might just knock it down or do something bad.
11 Nov 10
Thanks for your response. A quick message is usually enough.
@glenn4jd (127)
• India
11 Nov 10
I simply accept all incoming friend invitations. I dont have any problem with that, I like it instead. Likewise, I would also expect everyone to accept my friend request whenever I add them.
11 Nov 10
Thanks for the response. I do the same as you really. If there isn't a lot of information on their profile then I sometimes send them a message to see why they added me as they might have added me as a fan of a musical artist or something like that.
@ravinskye (8237)
• United States
10 Nov 10
I don't add anyone that I don't know. I very rarely get a friend request from someone that I don't know. I use my facebook to keep in touch with family and friends that live farther away. I want to feel safe in posting pictures of my family and my kids. I keep my profile set private so that no one can see my pictures or my information unless they are a friend.
10 Nov 10
Each to their own, Everyone has Facebook for different uses.
@cher913 (25782)
• Canada
10 Nov 10
i just got a friend request from someone i have no clue who it is. i wont will add them because i dont want strangers seeing my personal information.
10 Nov 10
You can limit who sees your profile information.
@Nadinest1 (2016)
• Canada
10 Nov 10
OMG No! If I don't know the person, I definitely don't add them. Today there was a friend request(which I find very exciting) from a woman who lived down the street from me....but i felt that I don't know her will enough and I don't want to have to exclude her from all the pictures I post(because I don;t want her seeing them). So I deleted her request for be my friend.
10 Nov 10
If you know her a little why not add her and then restrict what she can see of your profile??
• United States
10 Nov 10
I always look at their profile and if we have friends/interests in common I will add them as a friend. If they have no information whatsoever or you can tell they are spam accounts, then I won't add them as a friend.
10 Nov 10
Thanks for the response. That's what I do too. I have added friends of friends after meeting them on a night out etc.
@jennbart (1330)
• Philippines
10 Nov 10
I just ignore them or not do anything in their request. I find it really odd for strangers to add me up when we do not know each other personally. I find it really weird. Why add someone in facebook you do not know?
10 Nov 10
I do it to make new friends and to just broaden my horizons
@fanzejian (372)
• China
10 Nov 10
take it easy ,friend! when i hang out in the qq that is one of instant chatting tools.it is a normal thing that I am denied by the people who are online when you send hin or her a equest that you want to make friends with .of course ,I feel uncomfortable about that .but i will smile and tell me that you choose vegetables i the mall ,It is normal ,take it easy.
10 Nov 10
Thanks for the response.
• Mauritius
10 Nov 10
with my previous account, i was adding everyone but this one, i'm keeping every stranger out.. I reject the request if i have no idea of who he/she is.
11 Nov 10
Is that because a few weirdos contacted you?