Friends request made by us - reminder
By ravisivan
@ravisivan (14082)
India
August 25, 2012 12:24pm CST
Friends,
We are making a request to others. It remains pending for various reasons -- may be they do not log into mylot, they have not checked up friends request etc.
As it is there is no facility for us to remind the other person about the friend request sent by us. If there is a provision for that it will be good. OR the system should be so made that friends request pending for over one week to be brought to the notice of mylot members.
What is your view in this regard? before starting this discussion I made a search in 'discussions' using mylot search and I got nil response and hence this discussion.
good day.

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12 responses
@umabharti (3972)
• India
25 Aug 12
hi
at the friends tab it will show the number which is pending as friends request.I mostly see and try to accept them as soon as i see the number beside to that friends tab.
However yes yours is a good idea that mylot should send a notice that the person is not online for a couple of weeks if a request is pending.
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@ravisivan (14082)
• India
25 Aug 12
Umabharti:
thanks for the quick response. If there is a system by which we are given information or notice that ----requests are pending then probably some of us will take note and act upon. your idea of 2 weeks time is also ok. nice.
I think it is good to have more friends so that we get more people to respond for our discussions.
Why you are not active nowadays in mylot? is it due to your employment?

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@umabharti (3972)
• India
25 Aug 12
yeas that is due to employment , as you know that i joined in an Bpo six months back, that is IBM Daksh, its a domestic call center .
Now i am at home , i asked for transport or cab till my home , so that is under process, they have still not come at a decision whether they have to give me a transport or not, as it takes one hour from my workplace to my home, and the work timings are form 9 to 6 , so after seven they have to give a home drop , so they are thinking over it.
Already a person or a female employ is there near by to my home however she joined four years back, i joined just six months ago, so they are saying that they would not give me.
They are talking on this issue,that is the reason why i am at home doing mylot and not going to my office from ten days starting from fifteenth of august.
@ravisivan (14082)
• India
25 Aug 12
Umabharti:
Ahaha: probably it takes a longer time to travel by public transport and you have asked transport.
How is the service condition? good. If the salary is good I would recommend your going for regular job because it keeps you busy and engaged and feel important. Which companies were you handling? Airtel,Aircel?
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@deazil (4730)
• United States
26 Aug 12
I get friend requests from those whose discussions I have responded to. But when I respond to 3 or 4 discussions by someone and they never make a comment to my response, sometimes no comments to anyone, and then send me a friend request I leave it pending. How can you never comment, not even once, and then send that person a friend request? That, to me, is rude. And I no longer respond to those person's discussions either.

@ravisivan (14082)
• India
28 Aug 12
deazil
Try to send friends request to many people from your country and other countries -- make requests to people who visit mylot frequently or every day. Also accept friends request from others.
You can start discussions based on what you read in newspaper, what you hear from your friends in office or at home, what you see in television, movies, dreams etc.
Always frame discussions using --what, when how, why, which, where--relating to certain points. you will get a lot of discussions . for example parents should be supported by children after they start earning -- it should not be poll like discussions.
we cannot start a discussion -- you like this browser or that browser -- but discussion can go around plus point of a browser and advantages etc. hope you understand. in case you need clarification please ask.
We have a lot of friends here who can throw more light to guide you. good day.

@ravisivan (14082)
• India
26 Aug 12
madam:
I normally reply for most of my discussions. your way of judging people is fine. but you must be having a set of close friends who can respond for your discussions, rate your responses so that your mylot rating can improve. good day.

@deazil (4730)
• United States
26 Aug 12
I have never started any discussions and cannot think of anything interesting enough to discuss. I am not speaking of senior members. They generally respond and are very knowledgeable and helpful in the workings of mylot. I respond where I think I may be helpful or to share an opinion or be sympathetic. I rate responses in other discussions as well. I appreciate your advice.

@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
25 Aug 12
hi ravisivan yes there should be a reminder as some days I get
caught up in my lotting and do not glance up to check for requests
'and thus several days may pass. I try to be more forthcoming
though.I think your idea is really good and maybe mylot admins could
think about augmenting it.



@ravisivan (14082)
• India
25 Aug 12
Hatley aunty:
yes. it will be good there is a provision for 'alert like' info to be sent to members where they have request pending for more than prescribed time limit. I know it will not be accepted immediately but at least some thinking will start on these lines for making changes in software. I know it is a big task requiring policy approval and redraft of software etc

@ravisivan (14082)
• India
25 Aug 12
hatley aunty:
Was there any such provision earlier - say at the time of your joining mylot say 5 years ago ? Probably it has been amended subsequently for some reason?


@yugasini (12892)
• Secunderabad, India
26 Aug 12
hi ravisivan,
there may be only two reasons for not accepting the friendship request either they are not logged in mylot site and they did not wish to accept your friendship,only these two reasons, i do not accept if they does not see your request, when ever i open the site ,if there is any messages and friends requests are there,so my answer is right,now itself i have seen a friendship request i have accepted it,have a nice day.

@yugasini (12892)
• Secunderabad, India
28 Aug 12
Hi Ravisivan,
Thanks for the response, today also I have received one friendship request immediately I have accepted after seeing the friend tab in main menu of mylot. Regarding not working of speakers to my system, some body said that there is no sound drivers in my system I have to input software. Where can i get that software? have a nice day.
@ravisivan (14082)
• India
28 Aug 12
yugasini
that is a good approach. deciding quickly. we are old men so no problem. but young men and women they may have preferences and not be able to decide quickly. good day.


@jaiho2009 (39140)
• Philippines
26 Aug 12
hello ravi,
I have many friend's request on my lists that are still pending.
I don't delete them, but keep on pending.
I don't collect friends- as you can see I have limited friends, because I have my own preference when it comes to accepting friends request.

@jaiho2009 (39140)
• Philippines
27 Aug 12
One of my preferences is complete details on their profile.
And I saw your profile complete with details sir.
Although sometimes there is no assurance that the person entered true details- but still it counts for me.
Also the activity is one of the things that I've checked before accepting friend's request.
I don't want to keep lists of in-active ones.
I find it difficult to remember who are they when they come back after a year- hehe
Well, I want to keep lists of friends in the real essence of the word
(as long as possible)
(as long as possible)@ravisivan (14082)
• India
28 Aug 12
jaiho:
Besides being active person in office, home and mylot --you try to help mylottians by guiding--also giving + to many and improving their star--another thing -- you also are more keen on changing avatar frequently. great. that shows your passion towards what you are doing. I am sure you will be methodical in your office situation also. good day.

@ravisivan (14082)
• India
26 Aug 12
jaiho:
yes you have been a mylot member for nearly 4 years and for that you have a limited number of friends. the number you have is less than the number of friends i have though I joined only 18 months back or so. good to have ideas about deciding. i remember you accepted my request early and you guided me for loading profile photo.


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@fantabulus (4000)
• India
26 Aug 12
You are right sir pending friends request due to any reason the user is absent, not interested, not time to check the friend request etc. I have total 90 friends request are pending. Because I have no more time so not interested to accept one by one friend. Why mylot not give the facility to accept all friends request at a time.

@prashu228 (37518)
• India
26 Aug 12
hi fantabulus, its indeed a good idea,
i have seen some people don't accept the friends request, soon, this may be due to lack of time, or as someone mentioned here, they don't accept random requests, we cant blame , everyone has their views, for me, when i make a friends request , i see if people accept it in few days or else i delete it myself, as i think that, they are not interested or not comfortable in making friends with me, and when any one makes a request accept it, as i didn't think there is any harm in this,but if there is any from now on i have to be cautious..hehe
@ravisivan (14082)
• India
26 Aug 12
prashu:
ensure that such people have logged in for many occasions and still not accepted. then you can delete. otherwise you are not giving chance for them to accept.

@GardenGerty (169448)
• United States
25 Aug 12
I really think we need to just pay more attention to the tabs at the top of the page. You are helping by making this discussion. There is a reason someone might stay "pending" with me, and I will explain it. There was a person who requested me. I accepted right away.They began spamming me and posting things I did not care for. I asked them not to spam. They continued. I deleted them. Some time later they requested again, I gave them another chance, same thing. I deleted. They requested again. I left them pending then I did not have to keep getting their requests. Eventually they were banned but it took several months. We need the option of leaving a person pending for as long as it takes to see what they are like. We also need to be able to block a friend request, in my opinion.
@ravisivan (14082)
• India
25 Aug 12
Gardengerty:
This sort of spam i have not experienced so far. Probably in India based mylot members spamming is not there.you have done a right thing by deleting. People can mark deny also if they do not want. probably some are hesitating to say No.

@joliefille (3690)
• Philippines
26 Aug 12
It's been a few months back since I returned to myLot after a 4-year-something absence. When I logged in I was surprised I had a lot of pending friend requests, some even dating 4 years back. I tried to approve all but realized that most of those myLotters may have already been inactive. I could tell from the numbers next to their names.
@ravisivan (14082)
• India
28 Aug 12
yes. before accepting a request made long time back we can check up whether they are visiting mylot regularly and then decide. otherwise reject it--it may not affect them because they do not visit mylot frequently. right,
@yugasini (12892)
• Secunderabad, India
26 Aug 12
hi ravisivan,
i do not agree with you, only due to two reasons they have not accepted your request first they does not logged in and they did not wish you as their friend,because every when we open the mylot there we find a signal of one or two in brackets adjacent to friend tab,ao any body easily know that a friend request is there,but when ever i see it i will accept the request,have a nice day.

@yugasini (12892)
• Secunderabad, India
26 Aug 12
hi Ravisivan,
thanks for the response,if we are not in mylot site,we does not know there is a friendship request,so when when we log in mylot then only we will see the request some time we may not logged in mylot for day together due to some urgent work on that time the request still pending for days together,have a nice day.
@ravisivan (14082)
• India
26 Aug 12
yugasini:
probably new members are not aware of this system -- that number will appear in bracket and then they have to approve new friends. I decide immediately and today I accepted a friends request --after 7 minutes of his request. I was not online and hence this 7 minutes gap.


@jugsjugs (12967)
•
25 Aug 12
I will be honest with you, I have had people that have wanted to add me on here and I will say that I have excepted people only to get spammed with loads of join this and join that sites, so now I never add people.
There are also people that join and only stay on this site for a short time, so I do not add people for that reason, also other people are on here to chat to everyone, so they never add people either, as to them there is no point in it.
I have loads of friends on here and in my list of friends I will say that maybe not even half of them have been on here in years.

@scorpiobabes (7225)
• United States
26 Aug 12
jugsjugs,
I also have many inactive friends. I used to have a lot more, but then I started to check into them more carefully. Some were spammers, while others actually took the time to post. I'm slowly making new friends, but I'm quite particular about whom I'll be friends with.
@ravisivan (14082)
• India
25 Aug 12
jugsjugs:
I think in USA, UK -- you get a lot of spams. It is not so among members in India. we may get one or two requests and that too if we want we can oblige. Interesting. We have not met though I am active for the last nearly 15 months.
probably you travel through posts inside UK



@alberello (4752)
• Italy
26 Aug 12
Well, I have many friends here at Mylot. Most of them, they did send me a friend request, knowing from my discussions and my comments. Sometimes I am that I left in a pending friend request, but I hardly have denied.
@ravisivan (14082)
• India
28 Aug 12
You are from Italy. good. our friend mysdianait is also from italy/uk. I think you have been in mylot for a long time., i did not check up profile. good day.

@Gautam1002 (730)
• India
30 Aug 12
Having a provision like that won't be of much use as whatever reminder they will be given, if the person is not logging in at all, he won't see the reminder much the same way as he didn't see the requests. It hardly happens that our requests remain pending even after that person logs in often omitting any case of personal rivalry or that person being too too much busy that he does not even a minute or so to respond to all his friend requests.








