do you stick in hellos?
By jb78000
@jb78000 (15139)
September 25, 2009 6:18am CST
i tend to, although i forget sometimes, send a wee thankyou to the person requesting/accepting i become a mylot friend. i am btw pretty bad for hitting 'deny' because although i have nothing against that person they have absolutely nothing in common with me. so what do you do with a new additions?
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7 responses
@thea09 (18305)
• Greece
25 Sep 09
Hi Judith, well when I get a new friend I like to pop into some of their started discussions and answer a couple. Like you though I more frquently hit deny when it's someone I've never seen or heard from before, then I pop into the profile and find a 19 year old boy whose discussions are about computers, the bible, embroidery and rights for rabbits, and realise there is zilch in common and even though he might respond to mine I don't want my inbox filled with embroidered computers.
@purplealabaster (22085)
• United States
25 Sep 09
Darn Thea, my next project was going to be computers embroidered with bible verses. So I'm guessing that I can't sign you up for one?
@purplealabaster (22085)
• United States
25 Sep 09
Well, I am honored, Tdemex, because it has been several days, and you haven't deleted me yet.
I will try to keep that in mind, though, when I am wracking my brain trying to come up with ideas for my next useless discussion topic.
I will try to keep that in mind, though, when I am wracking my brain trying to come up with ideas for my next useless discussion topic. 
@dawnald (85137)
• Shingle Springs, California
5 Oct 09
I accept, I try and visit their discussions, sometimes I send a thank you comment. And then if they spam me, I delete them.
@dawnald (85137)
• Shingle Springs, California
5 Oct 09
Which is probably a lot smarter than my approach. :-)
@SomeCowgirl (32189)
• United States
9 Nov 09
Sometimes I will say hello especially if it's a referral I will. I'll say hello to them, and thank them and tell them I'm here to help them if they need it. Sometimes I'll just respond to those who say hello to me through PM... as for if I deny? well it all depends. Sometimes I do and sometimes I don't... sometimes I take forever to accept too! I'm trying to get more to come to my inbox, though I still have so many to go through, I need some good discussions to respond to!
@SomeCowgirl (32189)
• United States
9 Nov 09
I think that it's best if all of the discussions are relevant, that is no guideline vioaltions, but you know that's hard to find. We can always goof off after several comments back, you know veer off topic, maybe asking them how they are etc!
@grandpa_lash (5225)
• Australia
26 Sep 09
I always accept rabbits immediately, but unless it's someone whose posts I have seen and appreciate, I usually watch them for a week or so, and if they haven't come in on something I'm in, or their posts tend to be in things I find dull or negatively interesting, I deny them. And I prune my list regularly.
Lash
i have started making requests straightaway when i encounter someone who looks interesting (after checking profiles) because i don't know if i'll come across them again. @purplealabaster (22085)
• United States
25 Sep 09
Actually, it never occurred to me to send a thank you for the friend request.
I usually go to their discussions, though, and try to respond to at least one or two. I will usually thank them in my response to the discussion, so I guess I do thank them for sending me a friend request, but I don't do it in a PM.
I usually go to their discussions, though, and try to respond to at least one or two. I will usually thank them in my response to the discussion, so I guess I do thank them for sending me a friend request, but I don't do it in a PM.@jb78000 (15139)
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25 Sep 09
well i've always done the annoying thing of sending an initial pm. then ignoring them. joke. i like the friends 'started' list to consist of interesting stuff so i have now started deleting very nice would be friends who start discussions i am in no way interested in. sorry btw - nothing personal.
@DCLehnsherr (1037)
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25 Sep 09
Hi jb,
When someone adds me I tend to smile lol. I don't usually do very much once they have since they seem to be people I wonder into when I prowl the boards, and so we know each other form that sort of stuff. Occasionally I message a few of them, but I don't generally change what I do. I spend so little time on here that I like to go by my interests rather than the people I have on my friendlist. It might make me a bad person but that is just the way I do things 
Dranz
Dranz