Friend requests from strangers.... grrrr......
By packgirl4
@packgirl4 (402)
United States
October 18, 2007 7:22am CST
OK serioulsy. Maybe I am rude but here is a question. When you get friend requests from people that you have never talked to on here do you accept them?? NOT ME! I am getting them left and right. From people that have never even responded to my discussions.... I am getting so many that I am afraid I am now denying ones from people that may have talked or responded but they are lost in the piles of "stranger my-lotters" he he he
Seriously though, what do you guys do in these situations. I am just pregnant and hormonal and I could complain about anything right now. But I am curious. Am I the only one who finds this weird?!?!?!?!
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15 responses
@Pompon (1757)
• Poland
18 Oct 07
o_O. You scared me a little:P Have you thought that maybe they participated in the same discussion you did and they liked your reply so they wanted to make friends with you? I always accept friends request. If they spam my message box or don't interact with me in any way I can always delete them later. For me such requests are not starnge at all:P
@packgirl4 (402)
• United States
20 Oct 07
That's my problem. It seems everytime I accept a new friend lately all they do is spam me. Which is why I am so leary of it now!
@lkbooi (16070)
• Malaysia
24 Oct 07
I will try as far as possible not to deny any of these requests. I wonder why many of them after have requested as friends still do not play the part as friends to respond any of my discussions, even though I have taken the initiative to respond theirs. Anyhow I still feel happy as some of them are continously supplying me interesting topics to post.
Yeah, we always feel nice to express our own views frankly here, so it is quite reasonable for you to do that.
@plumwish07 (4057)
• Indonesia
19 Oct 07
its nice to have lots friend. the beginning of friends came from strangers, am i right? from knowing stranger better, we would consider the stranger to be our friend. well, its just my opinion :) anyway, i wish you having smooth delivery and beautiful baby later on ^_^
@lucky_witch (2707)
• Philippines
19 Oct 07
WEll, I accept their invitations. Because some of them might have read your discussions and been intersted to get more from you. Some may adore you by the way you response so, they want you to be their friend, and maybe you can response to one of their discussion. Some really want to have active friends so there would be someone to exchange ideas in the future.
@carolscash (9492)
• United States
24 Oct 07
Well, I don't know if you are rude or not. However, I always accept the friends requests that I get as it helps me to find more discussions to respond to and it introuces my articles to more people. I think that a stranger is just a friend that you have not met yet and it is good to have that on here!
@shiloh_222 (5479)
• Philippines
24 Oct 07
hi packgirl. i do receive alot of friend invites here from people that i dunno but i don't take negatively, the more friends you have, the more people to access your topics started... so far, it's really okay.... hehe...but we our opinion... take care and good day
@annettenasser (2992)
• Kuwait
18 Oct 07
Well this is not weird because accepting friends request is on your own decision. not to anyone..
@raijin (10345)
• Philippines
18 Oct 07
It's not a big deal for me, all I do is visit their sites/profiles and check their activities. If I'm not that sure, I'll just leave their request to hang for a while. It's like a test for them, as I'd also monitor their activity and if ever they post something that are of my interests. I don't just hit the button and "deny" them, I take careful considerations before laying them the SMACKDOWN!;)
@Calais (10893)
• Australia
18 Oct 07
I see no point in denying them, otherwise you might as well just stick to IM with your friends that you do know...You never know you just might come across someone one day that you never thought that you would meet..Its great to make new friends from different parts of the world..
@Bunsdk (242)
• Denmark
19 Oct 07
I usually have the thought that they have a reason to ask me to be their friends.
If so I just accept them, and let it be up to them to use the friendship. If they do: great, if they dont, their loss.
Those I invite though I always talk to as much as I can.
I once actually requested a friendship with a person on this board because I wanted to be able to track that persons discussions, I found what that person said interesting even though I didnt respond at the first thread.
That is probably why half the ppl start inviting friends here. They want to be able to track down when they open new threads and topics.
@youless (112113)
• Guangzhou, China
19 Oct 07
I always accept people who want to add me as their friends. Even they have never replied to my discussions or left messages to me. I will be still glad to have new friends. It is my honor.
@christies2boys (560)
• United States
18 Oct 07
I like accepting new friend request. I've been getting a lot lately.I get to meet different people. And respond to more discussions. So just be happy that you're getting a lot of request. And yes being pregnant has everything to do with your mood. Congratulations on your pregnancy.
@citygirl (1080)
• Canada
18 Oct 07
I think perhaps your ar hormonal right now. Think about it , do you really know any one on here the answer would be no unless you and a friend joined at the same time. perhaps these people requesting friendship have read some of your posts and liked them. Strangers on here are only friends you haven't met yet don't you think. I believe we can never have too many friends. I have delete friends in the past if I found i didn't want to be associated with their kinds of discussions. why be offended take it as a compliment I say the choice is yours .have a great day and congrats on the new baby.
