Do you ever deny friend requests?

@astromama (1221)
United States
February 19, 2007 1:18pm CST
No offense to my 'friends' at Mylot, but sometimes I wonder why I've been requested as a friend by certain posters. I only request friends whose posts I enjoy reading and who seem to have common interests as me. However, when people request me, I waffle between approve and deny, wondering what to do. Not people who I feel genuinely enjoy my posts, but people I've never seen on here before, who just end up in my pending requests. I have yet to deny a single person. Thoughts?
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@kaplya (1578)
• India
19 Feb 07
yes sometimes i wonder the same. a member requested my friendship and after accepting that i found that there were only anime related posts there and as i have not much interest in them so it's of no use as she doesn't reply to my posts too. but as i don't want to hurt anyone so i don't deny anyone and try to find topics of my interest among their discussion.
@astromama (1221)
• United States
19 Feb 07
What if you aren't interested in anything they have to say? And what if they're one of those obnoxious people that post about 10 new discussions a day, so you have to dig through to find your real 'friend's' discussions among all the crap? Is there a way to remove a 'friend' once you've accepted them?
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@kaplya (1578)
• India
19 Feb 07
yes i was thinking too if we can just remove a friend when we don't turn out to be of help to each other. but seems there's not a option like that but i have turned off their notifiers so now my mailbox just don't get cluttered with those posts i don't like. it's really irritating though the time it takes to find ur other friends' posts among them. maybe i'll soon delete someone if i don't see any post of my use in the end;)
@kaplya (1578)
• India
28 Feb 07
hi astro!!thanx for choosing my response as the best. u just can't guess how happy i m right now!!!:D
• Ireland
19 Feb 07
I accept every request from members who want to be added to my friends list. Some of them had just joined myLot so I thought it fair to give them a chance. I have deleted a couple of them after they asked for money in pms and others who sent spam. Some cheaters were automatically deleted when the were banned from myLot. So far I am happy with my list of friends, although there are a few who have been inactive for a while. I may be that they only have time to post during the holidays so I will sait and see before I have a clean out.
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@astromama (1221)
• United States
19 Feb 07
How do you 'delete'... I've been on here a little over a month and I haven't figured that out yet, but there is at least one friend I don't feel so friendly towards...
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@kaplya (1578)
• India
19 Feb 07
there r 3 options beside every friend in ur list "send message", "notify is on/off" and "delete". so if u want to delete a friend u can do it there.
@estarga (1188)
• United States
19 Feb 07
I have been pondering this for minute. I used to accept everyone, but I think even if you never ever respond to another one of my discussions you should atleast respond to one. I mean what is you point in asking if you have never responded to any of my discussions. I presently have 16 pending request that I just left them sitting there because I did not see that they responded to even one of my discussions. If I send a request then that means I have responded to atleast one of that persons discussions.
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@astromama (1221)
• United States
19 Feb 07
I agree. I also wind up feeling obligated to respond to their discussions, even if I'm not interested in the topic. I would rather only post on discussions that inspire me, rather than answer a post because a 'friend' started it.
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@emeraldisle (13139)
• United States
20 Feb 07
Well I used to accept everyone who asked but now I don't. I take a look at their posts, the ones they've started and the ones they've replied to. I look to see if we have some interests in common, not all but at least some so that we will be aiding one another here at mylot. The reason I don't anymore is becuase I was getting a ton of topics that I wasn't interested in from a handful of friends. I mean a ton, the type that made 50 to 60 discussions every day. That with several friends was just too much. So now I'm a bit pickier.
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@astromama (1221)
• United States
20 Feb 07
Yeah, I hate that... it makes finding your other friend's discussions almost impossible. I don't want to have to dig through a ton of worthless topics just to find the posts from friends who only post one or two a day. I'm going to start deleting posters that flood my 'inbox'... instant simplification...
@shywolf (4514)
• United States
20 Feb 07
I really don't like denying friend requests on here. Basically, you never know if someone might want to get email notifications of your topics. So it's almost always better, at least in my eyes, to accept. After all, you can always remove someone from your friend list later if they become a problem, or you can turn their notifications to off if they turn out to be starting a bunch of topics that you don't feel you can reply to. I'm not sure how many friends I have on my list now, but I only ever denied maybe 2-3, and those were people who had like 0-2 posts when they requested me as their friend. Nowadays I don't even do that, I just accept regardless.
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@LittleMel (8742)
• Canada
19 Feb 07
I did for two or three people I think. I just did but no particular reason. I trust my guts when it comes to freindship, since it's never wrong before. But those who end up in my friend's list, I always try to answer their questions whenever I can.
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• United States
20 Feb 07
I am the same way - if I see a friend has posted something worth discussing, I will definately go & put my two cents in. I haven't had many experiences where trusting my gut regarding friendship was wrong either - maybe it's just women's intuition.
• United States
19 Feb 07
I always wonder why people wna me on their friends list. I don't know any of them at all so hoiw can they be a friend? I have only gotten a few messagess from any of them and one was spam. I think they should change the name to maybe the mylot people list. That would make more sence.
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@greengal (4286)
• United States
20 Feb 07
When I get a friend request I usually check their profiles first and then decide whether to accept or deny based on the discussions they've started. I can always delete them when I want to right, so I don't worry too much if I've accepted a friend request. As long as they start meaningful discussions and respond to a few of my discussions then I don't mind them on my friend's list.
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@xXmeganxX (4421)
20 Feb 07
hey there, when i first joined, i accepted literally anyone who sent me friend requests. now i don't accept everyone, firstly i look at there profile and see if they put up some good discussions or if they have responded to my discussions then i will acept them, ive had to deny 3 friend requests in the past week because the person who sent me it was only on 0 posts and no responses and for all i know they probably want to hassle me or something by them private messages, maybe i could be wrong but who knows, at the end it's better to be safe then sorry, lol!
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@Phatmat (104)
• Australia
20 Feb 07
i never reject a friends request, since i have hardley even been offered one. lol, i have 5 now, so if someone asks me i just add them. even if i don't have the same interests, its just good to have some friends around.
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@XxAngelxX (2830)
• Canada
20 Feb 07
I have denied a few people (very few) but only when I've checked out their discussions and saw that we really had nothing in common. If they haven't answered any of mine and I haven't answered any of theirs I just find it pointless to add them. I thought the whole idea of having friends in mylot was to share interests and if I don't have any interests similar to theirs I see no point in having them on my friends list.
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• Indonesia
20 Feb 07
Friends Forever - A friend in need is a friend indeed. True friends are hard to find, but when you find one, stick to your friend.
I never deny any friends request so far, for I haven't have so much friend. And when one, request for me as his/her friend, I would just accept the honor. I also look onto my friends discussions now and then to see if I could find any interesting discussions and I know what to say about them.
• United States
20 Feb 07
The only reason I have friends on mylot is so they can see my discussions easier. And so I can see their's as well, sometimes my few friends that I have post some interesting stuff. That I would have never to responded to unless I accepted them as friends. So that is pretty much my only reasons why I accept them. I never deny as what's the point? really.
@silvaz (33)
• Israel
20 Feb 07
Well a few minutes after signing up someone added me as a friend, not knowing who he is a declined, although now that I think about it he was probably just trying to say hi.
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@koikoikoi (1246)
• United States
19 Feb 07
Well I use to accept everyone too. Until one day it hit me like kaboom! I realized that I don't even know these people. So I decided to erase all of my friends. Until people started wanting me as their friend again. So I'm like okay whatever what do I care. So I just accepted them and well that's that.
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• Philippines
19 Feb 07
actually i have denied many friends request. i become more picky now when it come to approving request cause having so many frineds doesnt make any difference they just make it hard for me to find frineds i like in my list. before approving i read first some of there discussion and see if they are a good member of the community and tries to give quality discussion. i dont see anything wrong in denying request.
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@speakeasy (4171)
• United States
19 Feb 07
No, I don't deny a person who wants to be my "friend". Even if I am not theat interested in what they have to write, they may be interested in what I have to write and being "friends" makes that easier. So far, I have not had to remove anyone from my friends list; but that is because no one has abused the privilege.
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• United States
19 Feb 07
I have denied people who have requested to be my friend on here. I do this by going to their page and seeing how many posts they have started, how many they have answered to, and what their interests are compared to mine. I am not too picky, and I usually do accept. I do feel, however, that there are people on here that will add just anyone, and I will deny them if they are doing this. You know, people on here that just add you for some stupid reason or another. Well, this is just me anyway.
@hcromer (2710)
• United States
19 Feb 07
I used to accept all of my friend requests, but lately people are trying to add me after they have insulted me and I don't accept those. I also don't accept people who haven't posted anything at all yet. I have so many friends on here that I have a hard time trying to find the posts of the people that I want to see.
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@mememama (3076)
• United States
19 Feb 07
I've aprooved the few that I have because I noticed who they were, like we seemed to post the same things or it's a new person and maybe they liked what I have to say and haven't posted much yet. I do look at what my friends have posted, if I find that I don't like them, I can delete them! I haven't done that yet, but on another "my-----" I've done that quite a bit!
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